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 Turkey’s PM Rejep Tayip Erdogan answered to reporters’ questions in “Esenboga” airport, Ankara, when traveling back from Washington. Regarding the Armenian-Turkish ties, Erdogan said that Ankara is in active diplomatic communication, and that he had sent a special envoy to Yerevan, then to Baku, and that he had a meeting with Armenia’s Sargsyan in Washington.  

“We are loyal to what we’ve signed in Zurich. We’ve such disposition over Zurich paper: the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-Turkish ties should be linked. In 1993 the border were closed because of “occupied” Azerbaijani lands. Now we want it corrected,” Erdogan said adding: “What does Azerbaijan want? Azerbaijan says when Agdam and Sizuli regions are open, Armenian-Azerbaijani border can be opened.”

Erdogan said he talked with Obama, Medvedev and Sarkozy about the NK issue and recommended making MG activities more active. Turkish PM said hardly any new development should be expected until April 24.