TURKEY CARRIES OUT DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA ON BALANCE OF ARMED FORCES IN CAUCASUS

arminfo
2008-08-20 14:37:00

ArmInfo-TURAN: Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the
idea of the "Caucasian House" in Baku, Geybulla Ramazanoglu, Advisor
of Turkish Premier, said in his interview to Voice of America (VOA).

The main idea of the "Caucasian House" is to safeguard security in
the region. This is political, economic and ethical matter.

"The idea of "Caucasian House" has been first forwarded by Turkish
ex-President Suleyman Demirel, but discussion has not brought
specific results. Now Mr. Erdogan would like to put it into practice,"
Ramazanoglu said.

The Caucasian House is supposed to be comprised of Turkey, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Armenia and Russia. In the future number of the Caucasus
House’s participants can be expanded, said Ramazanoglu. He also
added that Ankara carries out dialogue with Moscow on balance of
armed forces in the Caucasus.