Orientalist: Russia is not interested in Turkey`s mediating involvement in the Karabakh settlement
ArmInfo.Russia is not interested in Turkey's mediation in the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. The director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan at the press conference in Yerevan expressed such a point of view on March 13, referring to the statement of Recep Erdogan in Moscow.
According to him, Turkey periodically makes efforts to intensify its role in the settlement of the conflict, but so far in vain. He recalled Turkey's attempts to become a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. "Of course, Yerevan will never agree to this, as Ankara has a unilateral position on this issue and it provides unconditional support to Bacu. Turkey is constantly trying to imitate its participation in the negotiation process, aiming to enhance its international image, as it seeks to become one of the regional centers of influence", Safrastyan said, and in this context added that Russia is certainly not interested in Turkey reaching the desired goal on this issue.
According to expert, Erdogan's statements are empty and there is nothing beyond them and this is just a manifestation of Turkish centuries-old diplomacy.
To note, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the need to organize comprehensive negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Speaking with the initiative to organize negotiations, Erdogan said that what is happening on the contact line shows how critical the situation is. The head of the Turkish state expressed confidence that Russia, as one of the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, can play an important role in the settlement of the conflict.