Turkologist: Russia will not permit Turkey’s activization

Establishment of PACE subcommittee on Karabakh can be called PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu’s victory, Turkologist Artak Shakaryan told reporters.

“It will be very good if Armenian delegation’s boycott contributes to dissolution of the subcommittee, but if the subcommittee continues to work, we will have to take part in that game,” the expert said.

Asked whether Cavusoglu’s victory and reinforcement of the Turkey-Azerbaijan tandem can contribute to movement of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement from OSCE Minsk Group to another format, the Turkologist said that it is impossible.

“OSCE co-chairing countries will do their best to hinder Turkey’s involvement in MG as a co-chairing country.”

Relations between Moscow and Turkey are good-neighborly, nevertheless Russia will not permit Turkey’s activization in this process, Shakaryan said.