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If Turkey is really interested in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, it should not meddle in the settlement process - wherever possible, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said in an interview with Kommersant newspaper.

Asked to assess the Turkish statements that “it (Turkey) would exert every effort “to return Azerbaijani territories,”” Nalbandyan said: “My impression is that the Turkish leadership is losing the sense of reality in the sphere of both foreign and domestic politics. Prime Minister Davutoghlu recently accused the Kurds of being like “Armenian gangs’’ and collaborating with Russia. Those statements are an alarming signal for the International community what may happen to the Kurds as well. Talaat Pasha in the early 20th century accused the Russians of “arming and provoking the Armenians” as well. Obviously, little has changed in the Turkish clique over 100 years,” Nalbandyan said, adding that if Turkey is really interested in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict it should not meddle in the settlement process.”

On another note, the foreign minister reflected on the Armenian-Iranian cooperation and the lifting of the international sanctions against the Islamic State. According to the minister, Armenia has neighborly relations with Iran, and the newly occurred circumstances (lifting the sanctions) provide an opportunity for the implementation of the joint projects as well as for speaking of the new mechanisms of economic cooperation.