TURKISH FM TALKS TO AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPART ON PHONE

Sept 10 2008
Turkey

Meanwhile, Babacan would travel to Switzerland on a working visit on
Thursday morning rather than on Wednesday as it was earlier announced.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan talked to his Azerbaijani
counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov on phone.

Speaking to AA on Wednesday, spokesman for the Turkish Foreign
Ministry, Burak Ozugergin, said that Babacan and Mammadyarov discussed
the recent situation in the Caucasus.

According to Ozugergin, Babacan gave information to Mammadyarov on
Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s recent visit to Yerevan and on his
talks with Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian.

Babacan told Mammadyarov that Turkey would always support Azerbaijan,
Ozugergin said.

Mammadyarov expressed a positive response on a possible trilateral
meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan
in the United States.

Meanwhile, Babacan would travel to Switzerland on a working visit on
Thursday morning rather than on Wednesday as it was earlier announced.