TURKISH PRESIDENT APPRECIATES MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA

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May 8 2009
Azerbaijan

Turkey appreciates the meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia in Prague on May 7, the CNN Turk quoted Turkish President
Abdullah Gul as saying.

"The Nagorno-Karabakh problem cannot be resolved through one
meeting. However, there is a progress at the negotiations [Armenia
and Azerbaijan]," said Gul.

Gul said that each side should take every effort to resolve Karabakh
conflict, as the problems in the Caucasus, the conflict between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, problems between Turkey and Armenia re
interconnected.

The negotiations between Ankara and Yerevan to improve the relations
are underway, he said.

During the EU summit Eastern Partnership in Prague, Presidents of
Azerbaijan and Armenia held meetings in the U.S. Embassy and discussed
the issue on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Yesterday’s meeting on the highest level was the 4th meeting between
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
on resolution to Karabakh conflict. The previous meeting was held in
Zurich on Jan. 28, 2009. The first meeting was held in St.Petersburg
in June and second in Moscow in November 2008.