MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS OF TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN WAS HELD

AZG Armenian Daily
23/06/2009

International

On Sunday evening a meeting was held between the Foreign Ministers
of Turkey and Azerbaijan, Ahmet Davutoglu and Elmar Mammadyarov,
Turkish news agency Cihan reported.

During dinner at a restaurant Beyti in Floriya, the part of a district
of Istanbul, were discussed the situation in Iran, the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, as well as other regional issues.

"As always, the meeting was held under the motto "One Nation, Two
States". We reviewed the status of negotiations between Azerbaijan
and Armenia, bilateral relations between our countries, which are
more prosperous in recent years, as well as other processes within
the region", told reporters after meeting Foreign Minister of Turkey.

"The meeting was unplanned"- Davutoglu said – "Turning back to Baku
after an official visit to Japan, Elmar Mammadyarov was delayed for
several hours in Istanbul with the result that we met".

"Iran is our very important neighbor. Stability in Iran has great
influence on the stability of the whole region. Turkey will support
every step taken in this direction", said Davutoglu, according to
Trend News.