ArmInfo.In Sochi, the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey discussed Syria, not Karabakh. The director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, professor Ruben Safrastyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.
"Putin, Roukhani and Erdogan discussed the Syrian issue in Sochi, I am convinced that the role of these countries in the processes that are emerging in Syria towards the settlement of the situation is quite significant. Karabakh, as the Turkish president once again tried to present on the eve of the meeting, "the Orientalist said.
The main thesis on November 22 in Sochi, the Russian-Iranian-Turkish talks was the stated intention of Vladimir Putin, Hasan Roukhani and Recep Erdogan intention "to counter terrorism not only in Syria, but throughout the region until complete eradication." There were also theses on the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Syria. No mention was made of the Karabakh conflict following the summit of the presidents.
In general, according to Safrastyan, Erdogan's desire to raise the Karabakh problem on a variety of weighty international formats and venues is by no means new. In particular, the Turkish president announced discussion of the Karabakh issue and on the eve of the meeting with the Russian president.
According to him, the Turkish president periodically tries to get into the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is engaged in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict through various means. His aim, at the same time, is to demonstrate his own importance on a regional scale. However, according to the forecasts of the orientalist, the Iranian and Russian colleagues will not agree to the Karabakh tricks of Erdogan. On the eve of the November 13 meeting in Sochi with Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced discussion of other issues and the Karabakh issue at the meeting. Erdogan expressed the supposition that if the Russian colleague is concentrated on this issue, it "will be easily solved". The Turkish president voiced a similar opinion on the eve of the trilateral summit of the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey, held in Sochi on November 22.