TURKISH OFFICIAL: COURAGE AND CREATIVITY NEEDED TO RESOLVE KARABAKH CONFLICT
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.10.2008 16:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahmet Davutoglu, the chief foreign policy adviser to
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that the new era
with the United States will be a success story whoever was elected
the new president of that country.
"The new president of the United States will be Turkey’s best friend,"
Davutoglu said during a meeting on "Turkey, the region and U.S.-Turkey
relations: Assessing the challenges and prospects" at the Brookings
Institution in Washington D.C.
As to Turkey’s relations with Armenia, Davutoglu said that his country
is willing to discuss problems and two countries should seize every
opportunity to normalize relations.
Davutoglu voiced hope that the Armenian Diaspora will support the
process between Turkey and Armenia, and that it will not arouse
concerns in Azerbaijan.
The adviser said that courage and creativity is needed to resolve the
Nagorno Karabakh dispute. "We shouldn’t wait for 20-30 more years,"
Davutoglu said.
Commenting on Turkey’s relations with its neighbors, Davutoglu that
Turkey established a strong relationship with Iran and fixed progress
in its relations with Armenia and in settlement of the Cyprus issue,
worldbulletin.net reports.