Aliyev meets Turkish PM in Warsaw

Baku Today
18/05/2005 01:11

President Ilham Aliyev met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib
Erdogan in Warsaw on Monday. The two told reporters following the
meeting that the ongoing processes in the region and the issue of
ensuring security in the region were discussed.

Aliyev said that he informed Erdogan about the issues discussed in
his meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian.

The President noted that the relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan
are developing rapidly.

“Turkey and Azerbaijan are strengthening their positions in the
region,” he said.

Aliyev stressed that relations between the two countries will enter a
new stage after the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) main export oil pipeline
is put into operation.

Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh, Aliyev
underlined that the parties to the conflict have their own positions
on the issue that were also discussed in the meeting with the Turkish
Prime Minister.

“The meeting won’t be elaborated on. I hope the talks will yield
results and the problems between the parties will be solved,” the
President said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress