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Turkish FM asks Germany, Britain to encourage Greeks for Cyprus talks

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan had a trilateral meeting with
his Armenian counterpart and Azerbaijani counterpart in New York.

Saturday, 27 September 2008 10:18

The Turkish foreign minister had talks with British Secretary of State
for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, and German Foreign
Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Babacan asked his counterparts to
encourage the Greek Cypriots for the settlement of Cyprus problem.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan had a trilateral meeting with
his Armenian counterpart and Azerbaijani counterpart in New York on
Friday.

Babacan, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian and Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed possible steps that could
be taken in economy, culture, politics, energy, transportation,
infrastructural projects and communication.

In the meeting, the tree foreign ministers expressed their view that
solution of problems could bring a new momentum to the region.

Babacan is actually in New York for the 63rd session of the United
Nations (UN) General Assembly.

Babacan told Miliband that Turkey was not satisfied with the speed of
its European Union (EU) accession negotiations, and that Turkey’s goal
was full membership.

The Turkish foreign ministers also participated in the annual
coordination meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and
the meeting of Friends of Pakistan Group at the UN headquarters.

On Thursday, Babacan had talks with foreign ministers of Burundi,
Gabon, Tuvalu, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Malta, Jordan and Tunisia.