YEREVAN. – US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent statement, according to which Turkey would be a constructive player in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the Cyprus issues, shows how deep Turkey is involved in the US policy in the Middle East. Turkologist Andranik Ispiryan said this during a press conference on Monday.

In his words, after being appointed as US Secretary of State, Kerry visited Turkey three times over the course of two months. 

“Kerry announced that he believes Turkey would have a constructive role in the settlement process of the Cyprus issues and the Karabakh issues; this was an unexpected attempt at winning Turkey over,” Ispiryan noted.

He stressed, however, that although Turkey always tries to create an impression that it is engaged in the Karabakh negotiation process, the Armenian party has repeatedly notified that Turkey cannot get involved in this process in any format, since it is an indirect party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.