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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Lawmaker rules out possibility of Turkey becoming Minsk Group co-chairing country

Lawmaker rules out possibility of Turkey becoming Minsk Group co-chairing country

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS. RPA faction MP Gagik Minasyan finds the Russian-Turkish rapprochement a risk for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, however the lawmaker is confident that the Armenian side will not make any concessions in this very important issue.

“The Armenian side can’t concede anyhow in this issue, because this is a very important issue for us, we don’t have an issue of concession here. Some issues can be laid down at the discussion table in case the sides have an agreement regarding the status of Nagorno Karabakh”, Minasyan said.

The lawmaker noted that the history of Russian-Turkish relations is centuries-old, during which tensions and friendship have regularly accompanied one another.

“Now we are witnessing yet another rapprochement, which was preceded by a very tense situation. I think that we caught an important test, when the Russian-Turkish relations were very tense, and calls were being made from Russia, that Armenia should also be used in order to gain profit from that tension, but our society and leadership didn’t give in to this temptation. I am convinced that we will respond with the same correctness to possible problems resulting from the rapprochement of Russian-Turkish relations”, he said.

Gagik Minasyan ruled out the possibility that Turkey can ever become a co-chairing country of OSCE Minsk Group. He reminded that Turkey has always supported Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement issue, thus such country cannot be among the co-chairing countries.

The lawmaker also added that the candidacy of any country to be included in the co-chairing countries of the Minsk Group should be approved by all three sides of the conflict, and Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh will never allow Turkey to become a co-chairing country.

 




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