Turkish Prime Minister calls on Armenia to leave two Azerbaijani districts

Armenia is likely to be unready to settle the Nagorno Karabakh problem, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his return from Washington, where he participated in a nuclear security summit. According to him, a major issue of negotiations with both the U.S. President Barack Obama, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was Karabakh problem.

"Ankara wants to find a prompt solution to this problem, but Yerevan  is still unlikely to be ready for it. Armenia declares it’s readiness for establishing relations without preconditions, but the Zurich protocols on normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey contains a very important phrase: "The sides undertake to facilitate peace in the region.” It is also necessary to take into account and settle the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. If Armenians leave at least two occupied districts, problem settlement will accelerate, " Erdogan said.