Azerbaijan believes Nagorno-Karabakh issue will be priority at Turkey-U.S. meeting

Azerbaijan believes resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be a priority issue during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's talks in the U.S.

"Our expectations are that the U.S. President, as head of one of the countries represented in the Minsk Group, should make Yerevan to refuse from its unscrupulous predatory position over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and to bring Armenia to the constructive position," Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov told journalists today.

Erdogan is expected to visit the United States on Apr. 12-13.

According to Hasanov, a truce in the region is linked with the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border, restoration of diplomatic ties between the two countries, establishment of normal cooperation in the region, and, of course, primarily, Armenia's refusal from the aggressive position and restoration of  all transport and the information highways in the South Caucasus.

"We believe that this will be a priority on the agenda of the Turkish official's meetings in the United States and we hope that a mechanism of influence over the Armenian President will be defined," he added.


/Trend/