FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY TO MEET IN HELSINKI NEXT WEEK
armradio.am
26.11.2008 13:53
Turkish, Azeri and Armenian ministers will come together during a
meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) in Helsinki between Dec. 4-5 to discuss the settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Hurriyet daily reported.
The Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Armenia Ali Babacan and Edward
Nalbandian decided to continue the trilateral process which began in
New York in September, with another trilateral meeting in the Finnish
capital of Helsinki, Hurriyet wrote.
Babacan, Nalbandian and Azerbaijan’ Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
held a trilateral meeting in New York in September, and discussed
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Babacan confirmed late on Tuesday the decision made during his meeting
with Nalbandian, saying Turkish, Azeri and Armenian Ministers might
come together during a meeting of the OSCE next week in Helsinki.
There is "busy diplomacy traffic" with Turkey’s eastern neighbor
Armenia, he told reporters before departing from the Turkish capital
for a tour of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
"We have been moving ahead and making progress with Armenia each time
we talk to each other, and I hope talks between both Azerbaijan and
Armenia, and Turkey and Armenia could produce certain results in a
reasonable time," he said.
"Our goal is to fully normalize relations between the countries of
the region and our efforts for a stability platform in the Caucasus
are continuing," he said.