Turkey took a stance of mediator in Karabakh conflict settlement along with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, ANC Foreign Relations coordinator Vladimir Karapetyan told journalists at the October 22 press-conference.

According to him, Ankara had never been obviously involved throughout the conflict history. “Turks spoke little of Karabakh, while today Ankara discusses the issue with everyone, including great power leaders,” he underlined, saying that Armenian side gave them a chance to do so.

Karapetyan considers that it started after the intensification of Armenia-Turkey talks, in particular when RA President made a statement in Moscow and agreed to create sub-commission of historians. The ANC coordinator pointed out that Ankara took advantage of that opportunity and uses today Armenia-Turkey reconciliation for Karabakh conflict settlement.

Speaking of Armenian side keeping on asserting that the Protocols do not contain provisions indicating the linkage between two processes, Karapetyan said that they should not necessarily say it baldly. According to him, one should just listen attentively what Turkish officials say, whereas they speak directly of Karabakh.