“The Armenian-Turkish process is progressing. Turkey is simply interested in the process itself, while Armenia is interested in certain results, which it does not get,” the political analyst Ruben Mehabyan told NEWS.am, speaking of the possible results of the Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington. According to him, Armenia does not get the results because Turkey links the Armenian-Turkish process to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

“The present task is to show the world the Armenia-Turkish process is not in a stalemate, and Nagorno-Karabakh will be the focus of the Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting. Erdogan has stated that,” he said.

As regards the Armenian side’s flat refusal to link the Armenian-Turkish process to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Mehrabyan stated that “the Armenian side very often states one thing, but it can actually act in a different or even opposite, way. Certain events to take place in Washington will save the President Obama the trouble of uttering the word ‘genocide’. Secondly, something will enable the sides to state the Armenian-Turkish process is going on. And, of course, some things related to Nagorno-Karabakh will be specified,” he said.

As to whether the U.S. leader will manage to get the Nagorno-Karabakh problem considered separately from the Armenian-Turkish process, the expert said: “I think it is hardly likely – the Turkish public, as well as Azerbaijan, will not have it.”

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