TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPARTS

Anadolu Agency
Dec 4 2008
Turkey

HELSINKI (A.A) -04.12.2008 -Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan
separately met Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian and
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Helsinki on Thursday.

Babacan is currently in Helsinki to attend the 16th Ministerial Council
Meeting of the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE).

Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met on Wednesday with
Russian, French and US executives, the co-chairmen of OSCE Minsk
group. Babacan’s talks with the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign
ministers assessed the results of this meeting.

OSCE Minsk group assumes a mediating role in talks aiming to achieve
a peaceful solution to the problem about Upper Karabakh.