{"id":12765,"date":"2009-05-28T20:36:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=12765"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:51:05","slug":"turkish-armenian-talks-not-in-deadlock-says-us-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/05\/28\/turkish-armenian-talks-not-in-deadlock-says-us-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish-Armenian Talks Not In Deadlock, Says U.S. Envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. — Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza, 12Aug2008<\/p><\/div>\n

28.05.2009<\/span><\/div>\n
Emil Danielyan<\/div>\n

Armenia\u2019s rapprochement with Turkey has not reached an impasse despite Ankara\u2019s renewed linkage between the normalization of bilateral relations and a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza also dismissed mounting domestic criticism of President Serzh Sarkisian\u2019s conciliatory line on Turkey.<\/p>\n

In an interview with RFE\/RL, Bryza insisted that recent statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip do not preclude the implementation of a U.S.-backed \u201croadmap\u201d to improving Turkish-Armenian relations that was announced by the two governments in late April. \u201cStay tuned, keep watching for additional statements by top officials in both Turkey and Armenia which hopefully will show the implementation is moving forward,\u201d he told RFE\/RL.<\/p>\n

But Bryza acknowledged that there is at least some connection between Karabakh peace and the success of the Turkish-Armenian dialogue. \u201cAs we make progress, let\u2019s say, on Nagorno-Karabakh, it\u2019s easier to make progress on Turkey-Armenia,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we make progress on Turkey-Armenia, it\u2019s easier to make progress on Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that there are preconditions. There are no preconditions. There are commitments by the countries to do one or another set of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Armenian leadership maintains that it has been discussing with Ankara only an unconditional normalization of relations and that the agreed roadmap makes no references to the unresolved Karabakh conflict. Erdogan has repeatedly stated, however, that Turkey will not establish diplomatic relations and open its border with Armenia unless the latter makes peace with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

Neither side has publicized the \u201croadmap\u201d yet. Bryza also declined to divulge its details. \u201cI hope that it will be publicized soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Turkish-Armenian deal was announced on the eve of the April 24 annual commemoration of more than one million Armenians massacred in the Ottoman Empire during World War One. Many in Armenia and its worldwide Diaspora believe the timing helped for U.S. President Barack Obama backtrack on his pledges to recognize the mass killings as genocide. Sarkisian\u2019s critics also say the year-long rapprochement has earned Armenia no tangible benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose people don\u2019t understand what\u2019s happening,\u201d countered Bryza. \u201cThat is a mischaracterization of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cArmenia has neither won nor lost anything, Turkey has neither won nor lost anything, because the Turkey-Armenia agreement has not been implemented yet,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sides are in the process of implementing the roadmap. Only then will there be benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for the process to move forward,\u201d he added. \u201cI strongly agree with those critics who say the agreement needs to be implemented.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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