TURKEY’S FOREIGN MINISTER TENDS FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

armradio.am
21.04.2008 17:27

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan declared today that he stands
for normalization of relations with neighboring Armenia.

"We stand for launching a new process in our relations with Armenia
and have sent an address to the new Governemnt of that country,
in which we noted that we are ready to launch dialogue with it,"
the Turkish Foreign Minister said during a joint press conference
with his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plasnik in Ankara.

Babacan also spoke for the soon resolution of the Karabakh conflict,
which he characterized the criterion for "ensuring regional peace
and stability."