TURKEY-ARMENIA COOPERATION POSSIBLE THROUGH WITHDRAWAL FROM NAGORNO KARABAKH, ABDULLAH GUL SAYS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 25 2007

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul today
received Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan in the framework
of the summit of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSECO),
APA’s Turkey bureau reports.

Vardan Oskanyan underlined that Armenia is eager to develop relations
with Turkey, and noted that they again want to start debating opening
air relations and borders with Turkey. Abdullah Gul stated that these
issues can only be debated after Armenia pulls out its forces from
occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

"Turkey can consider these proposals only after that," he said.

Armenian Foreign Minister also gave information about Azerbaijani
and Armenian Presidents’ meeting on the settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict in St Petersburg.