FOREIGN MINISTRY OF ARMENIA DOES NOT CONFIRM INFORMATION ABOUT TRILATERAL MEETING OF ARMENIAN, TURKISH AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS

ArmInfo
2008-12-02 12:19:00

ArmInfo. Foreign Ministry of Armenia does not confirm the information
about the scheduled trilateral meeting of the Armenian, Turkish and
Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Head of the Mass Media Relations
Department of the Armenia’s FM press service Tigran Balayan told
ArmInfo when asked whether the relevant statement of the Turkish FM
meets the reality. To recall, Foreign Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan
said in Baku on December 1 that Ankara prepares a regular meeting
of the Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, as well
as negotiations between the presidents. According to A. Babacan’s
statement, the meeting will allegedly held on December 4-5 in Helsinki,
while the ‘negotiations between I. Aliyev and S. Sargsyan will be held
till late, 2008, under mediation of Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul’.

To note, the session of OSCE Foreign Ministerial Council will be
held on December 4-5 in Helsinki. Within the frames of the event,
FM of Armenia E. Nalbandyan will meet his Azerbaijani and Turkish
counterparts Elmar Mammadyarov and Ali Babacan, as well as OSCE
MG cochairmen.