Armenian-Turkish relations `held hostage` by Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan regrets that Armenian-Turkish relations have  been "held hostage" by Azerbaijan.

"And this is very bad. I think that the relevant Turkish officials  also realize this," he said in a conversation with journalists on  March 4.

According to him, Baku is trying in every possible way to influence  the process of normalizing relations between Yerevan and Ankara.  However, Armenia will continue to work with Turkey for normalization.

In this context, he believes that it is positive that President  Erdogan said the day before that Turkey is waiting for a peace  agreement between Yerevan and Baku to be signed as the process of  normalizing relations with Armenia progresses.

At the same time, the Armenian speaker assured that no country at  this stage plays the role of a moderator in the peace process between  Yerevan and Baku. The countries communicate mainly through direct  negotiations.