YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations is not connected with the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, and that issue has never been a subject of discussion in negotiations aimed at normalizing the Armenian-Turkish relations. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated in response to Interfax agency's question. He also said that normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations cannot question the fact of Armenian Genocide. "I think statements on putting forward preconditions for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations can be considered an attempt of failing the progress recorded in the negotiations," Edward Nalbandian said commenting upon Turkish officials' statements, according to which, the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, in particular, is conditioned by the Nagorno Karabakh settlement and the process of international recognition of Armenian Genocide.

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