MEETING OF US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FMs TAKES PLACE IN ISTANBUL
ARMENPRESS
Apr 7, 2009
YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS: Meeting of the US President Barack
Obama, Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandyan and
Ali Babacan took place April 6 in the evening, in Istanbul spokesman
for the Armenian foreign minister Tigran Balayan told Armenpress,
without unveiling the details of the meeting.
Edward Nalbandyan left for Istanbul to participate in the "Alliance
of Civilizations" 2d forum conducted under the auspices of UN.
Turkish sources report that Obama addressed a message to the
presidents of the two countries calling on them to bring to end
bilateral negotiations directed towards restoration of ties between
the two neighboring countries.
The president addressed his message to personally foreign ministers
of the two countries meeting them in Istanbul in the hall intended
for the conduction of the forum.
International experts describe the step of Barack Obama as "very
serious" and even "historic".