The biggest mistake of Obama administration is that it did not exert sufficient pressure on Turkish Justice and Development Party to approve Armenia-Turkey Protocols not linking them with Karabakh conflict, said Cory Welt, Associate Director of Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs of the George Washington University, Voice of America reports.

According to him, if Washington steps up pressure on Turkish ruling party, it would have been clear for the U.S. that Karabakh issue is a cornerstone from regional security viewpoint.

U.S. should change its posture towards Armenia and join Turkey to demand concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh from official Yerevan, Welt said.

It is necessary to restore the recently strained U.S.-Azerbaijan relations, meanwhile seeking more effective ways to normalize Armenia-Turkey relations, he concluded.

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