TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ENVOY BRINGS ABDULLAH GUL’S LETTER TO YEREVAN

Regnum
Sept 3 2008
Russia

A meeting of Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandian and Deputy
Undersecretary of Turkish Foreign Ministry Unal Cevikoz was held in
Yerevan September, 3.

REGNUM reports referring to sources in Armenian government that,
besides the subject of proposed visit of Turkey’s President Abdullah
Gul to Armenia, the sides also discussed the Turkey’s initiative
to create a new regional security platform in the format of the
"Caucasian Five" — Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Turkey.

Cevikoz has not so far commented to journalists the outcome of
negotiations with FM of Armenia, reporting he intended to hand a
letter from Abdullah Gul to the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
responding invitation to visit Yerevan. Earlier, Sargsyan had invited
his Turkish counterpart to a football match between Armenian and
Turkish national teams during a World Cup 2010 qualification.