TURKISH PRESIDENT HOPES FOR MORE "STRATEGIC PROJECTS" WITH AZERBAIJAN

Anatolia News Agency
Nov 6 2007
Turkey

Baku, 6 November: Turkish President Abdullah Gul said [on] Tuesday
[6 November] Turkey and Azerbaijan have implemented great commercial
and strategic projects.

"I hope that great and strategic projects between Turkey and Azerbaijan
increase," told Gul.

Gul and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a press conference
after their tete-a-tete meeting in Baku on Tuesday.

Gul stressed that Turkey wishes to see a peaceful solution to the
Upper Karabakh problem within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
and a solution based on international laws.

Gul indicated that Turkey’s reform process and entry negotiations
with the European Union would continue. No-one should doubt Turkey’s
reforms and determination to continue entry negotiations with the EU,
noted Gul.

President Gul stressed that projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipelines have been realized. "We hope to
complete soon the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway," underlined Gul.

Meanwhile, Aliyev indicated that Azerbaijan supports all decisions
Turkey has taken in the fight against terrorism.

Aliyev added that all baseless Armenian allegations against Turkey
must be ended.