TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TO INITIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAUCASIAN UNION

arminfo
2008-08-12 11:31:00

ArmInfo. Turkey is set to take its recent mediation efforts one
step forward with vowing to work for the formation of a Caucasian
union to help the resolution of the conflicts in the region. Turkey
would start working on the formation of a Caucasian union, which
would include Russia as well, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said,
APA reports quoting Turkish news agencies.

He mentioned diplomatic and military cooperation between Baltic
countries and noted that he would propose to establish such cooperation
in Caucasus.

Erdogan added that he would phone his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin and discuss the situation with him. Asked whether diversion
against BTC is linked with terror acts on Turkish soldiers in Erzincan
he answered: "I do not even want to think the likelihood", he said.