Orientalist: Turkey`s attempts to infiltrate the ranks of the OSCE  Minsk Group  Co-Chairs are futile

ArmInfo. Since 1991, Turkey has been trying to crawl into the ranks of the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, but so far all attempts have failed. Director of  the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences  of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan expressed the same point of view on the  question of ArmInfo on March 9 at a press conference in Yerevan.

At the same time, he added that despite this, Turkey does not abandon  its attempts, periodically taking some steps. "Another of these  attempts was the last meeting of the three co-chairs with the Turkish  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. But, you need to understand that  without the consent of all parties, participation in the negotiation  process of a new mediator, especially not so biased as Turkey, is  impossible," the Orientalist said.

At the same time, Safrastyan stated that despite the fact that Turkey  cannot get into the ranks of the three mediators, it pretends that it  can solve something in this process. "This is a game - such is  Turkish diplomacy. We see this game in Syria as well," Safrastyan  concluded.

As ArmInfo previously reported, Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group  Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Stephane Visconti (France), Andrew  Schofer (USA) and tPersonal Representative of the OSCE  Chairperson-in-Office (PRCIO) Andrzej Kasprzyk paid a visit to  Turkey, where they met with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

During a meeting with mediators Chavushoglu said that the OSCE Minsk  Group should act more actively to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. The Minister noted that the conflict should be resolved on  the basis of sovereignty and within the internationally recognized  borders of Azerbaijan.

Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan reacts to a message  about a meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs with Turkish  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in particular, he wrote on his  Twitterr page "MevlutCavusoglu's advise to OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs  on NagornoKarabakh conflict invites reflection on Luke 4:23 -  "Physician, heal thyself".

In turn, the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan,  in particular, said: "Given the unfriendly policy towards Armenia and  the Armenian people, which is also reflected in the unilateral  military and political support of Azerbaijan in the context of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkey cannot play any role in the  peaceful resolution of this conflict. "