Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia plan to hold tripartite meeting in September

Anatolia news agency, Ankara
28 Jun 04

Istanbul, 28 June: Foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia
who had a trilateral meeting under NATO summit decided to continue the
process, diplomatic sources said on Monday [28 June]. Sources stated
that a following trilateral meeting was planned to be held in New York
in September.

Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul held a
trilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov of
Azerbaijan and Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia. The
ministers were in Istanbul to attend the 17th NATO summit. Sources
noted that Memmedyarov and Oskanyan thanked Gul for taking such an
initiative.

Oskanyan and Memmedyarov recalled that NATO and the European Union
(EU) were going through a process of enlargement, stating that Turkey,
which was a member of NATO and which would probably be a member of the
EU, could undertake a role of bridge in integration of South Caucasus
to Europe.

Foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan discussed to
include Georgia in the process in their meeting on Monday. Ministers
decided to hold another trilateral meeting as soon as possible.