ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FMS INTEND TO PROMOTE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2008 14:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian held a
2-hour meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on Saturday
night to discuss Turkey-initiated Caucasus Stability and Cooperation
Platform, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and other regional
and international issues, the RA MFA press office told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Welcoming the quest, Minister Nalbandian said the visit offered a good
opportunity to open dialogue between the heads of state. He confirmed
Armenia’s willingness to establish relations without preconditions.

The Foreign Ministers said they are resolute to work for normalization
of bilateral relations and agreed to meet late September during the
UN General Assembly session.

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul was in Yerevan on Sept. 6 to watch
a World Cup qualifier between the Armenian and Turkish national
teams. Before the match, the heads of state discussed possibilities to
normalize bilateral relations. "We hope we will be able to demonstrate
goodwill to solve the problems between our countries and not leave
them to future generations," Armenian President Sargsyan said after
the meeting.