“Turkey will come under pressure to normalize its relationship with neighboring Armenia, another component of the zero-problems policy of the re-elected government as hopes are running high over a progress at the June 25 meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders mediated by Russia,” writes Hurriyet Daily News newspaper.

A senior Turkish diplomat told the newspaper that they are not very much hopeful about the forthcoming meeting in Kazan.

The newspaper says that Turkey is much more concentrated on a heated election campaign and unrests in the Middle East and North Africa and appeared to fall short of channelizing into normalizing Armenia ties.  

“Turkey wants to create a belt of security and stability in the Caucasus and believes Armenia is no exception to this policy. Turkish diplomatic sources said the process stalled because of the two countries’ failure to manage the normalization, but they hoped efforts would continue. In the post-election era, the Turkish government is expected to introduce a set of confidence-building measures as a sign of its commitment to the normalization process,” the author concludes.