‘NAGORNO KARABAKH ISSUE HAS TO BE SETTLED’
By Hakob Chakrian

Azg/arm
20 July 05

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference
in Sochi that he discussed the Nagorno Karabakh issue with president
Vladimir Putin of Russia. He was pleased with president Putin’s opinion
on conflict regulation and expressed hope that the work of Minsk
group co-chair states, Russia, USA and France, will be more productive.

Erdogan added at the end, “We want a world where friendship will
reign, nor enmity”. He emphasized the need to settle the issue on the
principles of justice and praised the sides’ willingness to do that.