“An election manifesto unveiled by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) does not mention tension ties with former ally Israel and blames Armenia for a stalemate in efforts to normalize relations,” Today’s Zaman newspaper reads.

“Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party is expected to win a third term in the upcoming June 12 elections, unveiled the manifesto, which Erdogan called the AK Party’s manifesto for 2023, on Saturday. The document summarizes strategy with respect to countries both in its neighborhood and beyond. But the document neglects to mention relations with Israel and ways to restore strained ties with the Jewish state,” the daily reads.

“Another country, Armenia, whose relations with Turkey seemed on the brink of rescue in 2009 but failed to proceed as the two countries proposed a number of preconditions that deadlocked the process, also was not on the AK Party’s foreign policy priority list. The document says Armenia’s unconstructive approaches prevented Turkey from coming to a desired point in the normalization process with the neighboring country,” the source reports.

“Our position with respect to the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and genocide allegations is clear. The AK Party will not allow any solution not based on fairness and justice to be imposed on Turkey. With regard to reciprocal and simultaneous steps for a solution, Turkey will not refrain from doing what it needs to do,” the document says.