TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES PLAN FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN MEETING

Anatolia News Agency
Nov 7 2008
Turkey

TURKEY HAS NO EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE TRIPARTITE SUMMIT WITH ARMENIA AND
AZERBAIJAN, SPOKESMAN

LONDON (A.A) – 07.11.2008 – A foreign ministry spokesman said Friday
that Turkey had no efforts to organize a tripartite summit with the
presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Several media reports claimed that Turkish President Abdullah Gul would
invite Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh
Sargsian to Istanbul to hold a summit for the solution of problems
in Caucasia.

"Of course, we would be pleased by visits of the presidents of
Azerbaijan and Armenia. But there is no such an effort (to hold a
tripartite summit) at this moment," Burak Ozugergin,spokesman for
the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the A.A.