November 12-16, conference on Turkish-Azerbaijani relations will be held in Ankara. Azerbaijani MPs Ganira Pashayeva and Rabiyat Aslanova will participate. The Armenia-Turkey reconciliation and its influence on Azerbaijani-Turkish relations will be discussed.

After the Protocols’ signing Azerbaijani MPs have already paid a visit to Ankara to meet their Turkish counterparts, as well as Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The latter assured them that Turkey will not open the border until there is a breakthrough in Karabakh peace process.

Nonetheless, Azerbaijan is still concerned over the fact that Turkey will ratify the documents and open the border without Karabakh conflict settlement. Azeris also realize that border opening is in Turkey’s interests through which it will consolidate Turkey’s influence in the region. Hence, this might be the reason of Azeri MP’s eagerness to discuss these issues newly in Ankara.