An end to rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey

After Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Azerbaijan it seems the rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia has come to an end, Trouw writes. The daily notes that Erdogan said that the borders between the two countries could only be opened once the conflict over the Armenian enclave of Nagorny Karabakh had been resolved: "The coupling of these two circumstances appears to bring the attempts at reconciliation back to square one. After all, now it all depends on the talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan concerning Nagorny Karabakh. Although they were initiated only recently, this love is still fragile, and the prospect of success small. … With his soothing words from the capital Baku Erdogan seems to be bowing to [domestic political] pressure. By coupling a rapprochement with the resolution of the enclave conflict he has at any rate further increased the distance between Turkey and Armenia."

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