TURKEY “ASTONISHED” AT ARMENIA’S REJECTION OF ARMENIAN-AZERI-TURKISH TALKS

YEREVAN, February 21. /Mediamax/. Ankara is “astonished” at Armenia’s negative reaction to Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem’s proposal to hold a trilateral Armenian-Azeri-Turkish meeting on Karabakh issue settlement.
As the Turkish NTV reported, the Foreign Ministry of Turkey believes that either Armenia misunderstood Cem’s proposal or it is doing this to force Turkey to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia.
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Dzyunik Aghajanian, commenting on Cem’s proposal, told Mediamax on Feb. 17 that considering the absence of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey, as well as Turkey’s biased position in the Karabakh peace process, Ankara cannot be a mediator in this process. –0–