ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSSED BILATERAL RELATIONS

ArmRadio.am
26.06.2007 10:31

June 25 RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian participated in the
summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, where he
came forth with a speech.

The Minister had a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of
the summit. During the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gul the agenda and future programs of
BSEC were discussed. Turning to bilateral issues, Minister Oskanian
reconfirmed Armenia’s position to normalize relations without
preconditions.

The interlocutors discussed the latest developments in the negotiations
on the Karabakh conflict settlement. The Turkish Foreign Minister
noted that his country is interested in the rapid and just solution
of the conflict.

Minister Oskanian’s next interlocutor was the newly appointed Foreign
Minister of Serbia Vuk Geremich. The Foreign Ministers discussed the
perspectives of development of bilateral relations, regional issues,
as well as the processes of settlement of the Karabakh and Kosovo
conflicts.

Minister Oskanian had short meetings with the Foreign Ministers of
Georgia and Greece Gela Bezhuashvili and Dora Bakoyanis.

On the sidelines of the summit Vartan Oskanian gave a press conference,
featuring representatives of more than 40 Turkish and foreign media.