TURKEY CHANGES OFFICIAL FOCUS: TURKISH FM SAYS ANKARA TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN

Panorama.am
18:32 04/06/2009

Ankara is long to improve relations with Yerevan, Turkish Foreign
Minister Ahmed Davutoglu said in a press conference in Washington
yesterday, Turkish media reports.

"The process of improving our relations since 22 April joint statement
is not stopped, and we have direct and mediated communication. There
is no break up in the negotiations. We do everything to solve the
problems," the Foreign Minister said.

The Armenian-Turkish relations do have important status in the context
of the American-Turkish relations regarding the Congress discussions,
the Turkish official said. "Turkish policy is open. The U.S. executive
bodies assess that policy. Turkey wants to set stability, peace and
prosperity in South Caucasus," Mr. Davutoglu said.

Regarding Armenia, the Turkish FM said that Turkey is ready to
improve relations with neighbors, including Armenia in the frames of
bilateral cooperation. But the FM has also emphasized that for strong
and comprehensive resolution the Armenian-Azeri relations need to be
improved and resolved also.

To conclude, the Turkish official has given quite a new definition
to the bilateral relations trying to match with the demand of the
international society and Armenia, as well, recommending not to
accept the Armenian-Turkish and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict parallel
to each other.