Azerbaijani parliamentarian: Turkey made its position clear for Yerevan and Washington

"That U.S. President Barack Obama will never utter the word "Armenian genocide" is critically important for Turkey,” member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Fuad Muradov said commenting on the recent Erdogan-Sargsyan meeting in Washington.

"This meeting is shrouded in a lot of stories and fables. But I think that the most important is the fact that Ankara reiterated that a lasting peace in the region can not be achieved without the settlement of the Karabakh problem. Ankara did not yield in this matter and reiterated its position that it had expressed many times,” the MP said.

“Even before the meeting the rumors had it that a kind of "road map" may be signed. However, I believe it is hard to predict any future agreement following the well-known decision on the Zurich protocols by the Armenian Constitutional Court as well as other related events. Yerevan’s statements indicate that its non-constructive position on all major regional issues remains unchanged," the MP said.

Asked whether U.S. will further seek Armenian-Turkish rapprochement through defiance of Azerbaijan's interests, Muradov said that "America has multi-faced policy. Since Barack Obama came to power, they began to use the so-called "smart politics", which implies return to the solution of complex and urgent problems in the Middle East, region of U.S. strategic interests. I think that they will show activity also in resolving conflicts in the Caucasus region.”

“In America, the issue of "Armenian genocide" has long been used against Turkey, strategic partner of Washington. It is very important for Ankara to succeed to make it clear to its overseas partner that such a step is detrimental for relations between the two countries and that it is impossible to achieve  peace in the region without resolving the Karabakh conflict," Muradov added.


/Day.Az/