ARMENIA MISSES OUT ON INVITE

Hurriyet
Nov 18 2008
Turkey

ISTANBUL – Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said yesterday
that Yerevan had not received a proposal for a meeting between the
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Turkish presidents.

"We have not been informed of such an initiative," Nalbandian told
a news conference, reported Web site PanArmenian.net yesterday.

Last week, the Azerbaijani Press Agency quoted Turkey’s Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Hulusi Kılıc as saying, "a trilateral meeting between the
presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia is expected to take place
in Turkey." Some Turkish media circulated reports about President
Abdullah Gul preparing to take another bold step to contribute to
regional peace in the Caucasus by hosting a trilateral summit with
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

However, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey had not planned
trilateral talks between the leaders. "Of course, we would be pleased
by visits from the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia. But Turkey has
not planned a meeting of this kind," said a foreign ministry spokesman
Burak Ozugergin. Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said three-way talks
occurred on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meetings in
New York and all sides were in agreement to press ahead with talks.

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