AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS REGIONAL PROBLEMS

Azeri Press Agency
27 Sep 2008 11:56
Azerbaijan

New York-APA. Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers held
tripartite meeting in New York on September 26. The ministers made
announcement after the historic meeting, APA reports quoting CNN Turk.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said they had discussed regional
problems, as well as Turkey-proposed Caucasian Cooperation and
Stability Pact. "The Caucasus has a great potential. We believe we
can achieve more if peace and stability are established in the region".

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said all three sides
saw the difficulties and risks in the region. "It is important to
solve these problems. We think Turkey makes appropriate and timely
proposal. Such meetings enable us to understand our positions better".

Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan thanked Ali Babacan for
organizing the meeting. He said they welcomed Turkey’s Caucasian
Cooperation and Stability Pact initiative. "Establishing the
peace, stability and cooperation in the region lay on the basis
of this initiative". The Armenian minister emphasized that they
discussed future actions for the normalization of the bilateral
relations. Responding the question of the journalists about the date
of the next meeting, Nalbandyan said: "In the nearest future".