ILHAM ALIYEV BECOMES INTERPRETER FOR SERGE SARKISIAN AND ABDULLAH GUL

AZG Armenian Daily
08/07/2008

Armenia-Azerbaijan

President of Armenia Serge Sarkisian, who was on an official visit
to Kazakhstan, had a brief meeting with Abdullah Gul, the President
of Turkey. According to information provided by "Jihan" news agency,
the Turkish President once again congratulated Mr. Sarkisian on the
occasion of being elected President and stated that he had received
the invitation of the Armenian President to attend the September 6
football game between Armenia and Turkey, which is to take place in
Yerevan. Being asked whether he plans to attend the game, President
Gul answered that the question will be decided with the administration.

It is also reported that president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took
part in the conversation of the Armenian and Turkish presidents, which
took place on the festive ceremony dedicated to the 10th anniversary
of the new capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana. Ilham Aliyev offered
his help as an interpreter, to which President Sarkisian replied that
he knows Turkish. Anyways, the Azerbaijani President interpreted the
conversation of his Armenian and Turkish colleagues because of Serge
Sarkisian’s poor skills in Turkish, "Noyyan Tapan" reports.