ANKARA (AA) - As it has not been certain whether Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President Robert Kocharian will meet in Polish capital of Warsaw, diplomatic sources think that Azerbaijani-Armenian negotiations can also have an impact on this meeting.
According to information received from diplomatic sources, neither Turkey nor Armenia have conveyed their demands regarding a possible meeting between Erdogan and Kocharian, to the other side.
Sources said that Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Aras Azimov visited Turkish capital of Ankara two days ago, and briefed Turkish officials on the talks on Upper Karabakh held as part of the Minsk process.
According to information given by Azimov, new formulas regarding Armenia's withdrawal from the occupied lands in Upper Karabakh are being discussed at the moment. It has been learned that Azerbaijan asks Armenia to totally withdraw from the occupied lands, while Armenia is welcoming a gradual withdrawal formula.
Drawing attention to the possibility that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Kocharian could meet on the margin of the Council of Europe summit to be held in Warsaw, diplomatic sources said that a positive result could come out of this meeting. They also stated that two leaders could agree on a document like a road map even if a final agreement was not reached.
The same sources think that a positive meeting between Aliyev and Kocharian can have a positive impact on a possible Kocharian-Erdogan meeting. They also say that solution of the problems can equally have positive effects on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.
(BRC-ULG)
2005-05-12