13 September 2011 • 13:05 AMT
Russo-Turkish alliance in near-term outlook
After the official rejection to ratify the Protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and opening of the border, Turkey once again started to talk about the Karabakh conflict, putting it as a precondition for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. In an interview to “MK” President Abdullah Gul clearly noted that these two issues are interconnected and opening of the border closed by Turkey in 1993 at the request of Azerbaijan is directly related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, or rather, to its Azeri version.
