Obama – Erdogan discussion
12:22 / 09/26/2009

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip
Erdogan in the framework of G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. In the course
of 15-minute meeting, the officials touched upon Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation, Turkish mass media reports.

Obama and Erdogan discussed the issues on the Middle East,
Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and Azerbaijan. The U.S. President
positively assessed the recent developments in Armenian-Turkish
relations’ normalization, underlining that the establishment of
relations between the two states is a matter of regional significance.

Turkish Prime Minister stated that the activation of the Russian,
U.S. and French OSCE MG Co-Chairs’ efforts, can contribute to the
settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Obama noted that is aware
of the significance of Karabakh problem solution.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress