Turkish diplomat: "Progress in the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict will have a positive impact on the Turkish-Armenian relations and vise versa"

Hurriyet newspaper notes regarding this issue that serious progress has recently been recorded in the relations between Turkey and Armenia. The newspaper also refers to Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan that "we are close to the improvement of relations".

The author of the article reminds that Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said in his recent interview: "I can state that we with Armenia have never been so close to the improvement of relations".

One of the Turkish diplomats, whose name is not specified, told reporters that unlike the previous one, this meeting of officials of the two countries will not be a surprise, as they had communicated before.

He added that currently Turkey is not planning to make any big step in its relations with Armenia. He also noted that the progress in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict will have a positive impact on the improvement of Turkish-Armenian relations and vise versa.

/Tert.am/