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Professor at the George Mason University Mark N. Katz: Although not easy, the US needs to work on Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkish-Armenia problems simultaneously

26 April 2010 09:27 (UTC +04:00)

Although not easy, the US needs to work on Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkish-Armenia problems simultaneously. Otherwise, I fear, neither will be resolvedâ€, told APAâ€™s Washington correspondent American analyst Mark N. Katz, professor of Government and Politics at the George Mason University.

According to the analyst the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process is integrally linked with the Azeri-Armenian reconciliation process.

Speaking about the recent statement of President Obama on 1915 events, Mr. Katz mentioned that the US president is trying to placate both Turkey (through not using the term "genocide"), and Armenia (by using the Armenian phrase "Meds Yeghern").

â€œIt is now up to the Turkish and Armenian governments to decide whether they want to move forward and achieve the mutual benefits that a Turkish-Armenian rapprochement would provide, or whether they prefer to argue about the pastâ€, - he stated.