PanARMENIAN.Net
Ali Babacan: Turkey to do everything in its power to normalize
situation in the region
01.11.2008 16:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan voiced
optimism that long-running disputes between Turkey and Armenia, and
Armenia and Azerbaijan can be resolved and that Turkey is determined
to push forward in the interests of regional peace.
"These two tracks could move fast because there is good political
will," Babacan said at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in
Istanbul.
"Imagine a region in which you have totally new relations between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, and Armenia and Turkey. The consequences for
trade, for communications, for transport, for energy and the
opportunities are huge, so we will do our best to normalize the
situation as soon as possible," Babacan said.
Babacan said Friday that the recent events in Georgia increased the
incentive and need for regional cooperation and said that Turkey was
ready to use its perceived position as a "balancing power" to
contribute to peace and stability, ANS Turkish TV channel reported.