Turkey has nothing to do in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process - Giro Manoyan

Turkey has nothing to do in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Giro Manoyan, Director of the Central Hai Dat office of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Bureau in Yerevan, told Tert.am.

“Azerbaijan’s influence is growing in Turkey. So the ambassador [of Turkey to Azerbaijan] may have decided to counterbalance the situation. In any case, it is not something new. Turkey has always sought involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. Turkey even makes its relations with Armenian conditional on its relations with Azerbaijan,” Mr Manoyan said.

Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Özoral stated in Baku on Tuesday that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not only Azerbaijan’s problem, but also Turkey’s. Similar statements, especially by Mr Özoral, have lately been frequent. The statements are actually propaganda intended for Azerbaijani residing in Turkey.

According to Mr Manoyan, it could be directly related to outgoing US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick, for the purpose of influencing the new co-chair.