Armenia is Burning Bridges: Hurriyet Comments on Nalbandyan’s Disavowal

Armenia is burning the bridges with Turkey, writes local Turkish daily Hurriyet commenting on a statement Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan made earlier today at a press conference in Yerevan with his Argentinean counterpart Jorge Taiana.

Asked whether or not are the recent statements by Turkish media true that there is a new document on the negotiation table between Armenia and Turkey, Nalbandyan said that it was “an outright lie.”

“Armenia’s Foreign Minister simply denied the news that a new roadmap has been created by Ankara and Yerevan after Armenia’s decision to suspend the ratification of the [Armenia-Turkey] Protocols,” writes Hurriyet, quoting a recent statement by Party Suat Kiniklioglu, Deputy President of the ruling Turkish Justice and Development.

“But Armenia’s Foreign Minister, by calling Kiniklioglu’s words as rumors, did not want to make any comment about the topic.”

Interestingly, earlier Hurriyet reported that Ankara had reached an agreement with Washington and Moscow upon a new roadmap which envisages the pull-out of the Armenian troops from the Fizuli and Kelbajar regions, assuming that Azerbaijan will in return open its border with Armenia.