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Radio Liberty Armenian service: â€œTurkey retracted a term of Nagorno Karabakh for normalization of relations with Armeniaâ€ - UPDATED

Radio Liberty Armenian service: â€œTurkey retracted a term of Nagorno Karabakh for normalization of relations with Armeniaâ€ - <font color=red>UPDATED</font>

12 February 2009 14:11 (UTC +04:00)

The radio quoted one of the participants of the Armenian-Turkish talks as saying that Ankara retracted its previous term of withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan for establishing the official relations and opening the borders with Armenia, APA reports quoting the web-site turkgundem.net. The radio claimed that only term of the Turkish government now is the establishing of joint commission of historians for investigation of 1915 events. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan positively reacted to this term, which caused concern among the dashnaks and Diaspora organizations and they already warned the head of state about it, the radio reported.

Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic told APA that he is on a visit to Ganja now and he will learn the question by returning to Baku. The ambassador said he did not think that Turkey could make such step.

Turkeyâ€™s Foreign Ministry did not express opinion about the issue. The ministry sources told APA announcement on this issue could be made only in few days.