GUL ABOUT TO INVITE ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPARTS TO ISTANBUL
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07.11.2008 13:41
Following a landmark visit to Yerevan, where he watched a World Cup
qualifying match between the national teams of the two countries in
September, President Abdullah Gul is readying to take another bold
step to contribute to regional peace in the Caucasus by soon hosting
a trilateral summit with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan,
Today’s Zamaan reported.
Gul, who introduced his proposal for the trilateral meeting during his
meeting with Azerbaijan’s visiting President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday,
received a positive response from the Azerbaijani leader.
Gul’s initiative follows another meeting between Aliyev and Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan hosted in Moscow over the weekend by Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev. There, Aliyev and Sargsyan agreed to develop
confidence-building measures as they search for a way to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Gul has already voiced support for the Moscow talks and expressed hope
that it will be followed by other steps, while the Turkish Foreign
Ministry, separately, said that a network of relations based on
cooperation and mutual trust within the framework of Turkey’s proposal
for a regional platform could build confidence between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. The Turkish side will convey its proposal for a trilateral
summit to the Armenian side. The exact date and venue of the meeting
will be decided later; however, Ä°stanbul has been mentioned as the
probable venue.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
