12:41, 10 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 10, ARMENPRESS. Turkey tries to link the regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations with the issue of Nagorno Karabakh conflict on 
purpose. The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan stated this during the press conference held after the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák on April 10. Minister Nalbandyan reminded that the international community has expressed its principle position over the regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions for a number of times. Among other things Edward Nalbandyan noted that linking the regulation of the Armenian-Turkish relations with the Karabakh issue can damage the procedure. As reports “Armenpress” Edward Nalbandyan underscored: “There is an impression that Turkey tries to link the two processes on purpose hindering the joint efforts made by Armenia and international community aimed at the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.”
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák arrived in Yerevan on April 9. It is planned that Miroslav Lajčák will have meetings with the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the Chairman of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan.