TURKEY ASKS FOR OSCE MINSK GROUP SUPPORT ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS: ERDOGAN

Tert
Oct 26 2009
Armenia

In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, referring to the Armenian-Turkish Protocols, said,
"We asked the Minsk Group to support us while taking this step. I also
held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President
Dimitry Medvedev. Our foreign minister held talks with his French
counterpart. We asked them to add momentum to this process. If the
Minsk Group cannot make any progress in its efforts to resolve
the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, we will face some
difficulties," reports Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi.

Asked whether President Obama disappointed Turkey, Prime Minister
Erdogan said, "Mr. Obama was elected some ten months ago. It is not
easy to resolve decades-long problems immediately."

"I am planning to pay a visit to United States soon. Mr. Obama was
also awarded with Nobel Peace Prize. It is quite meaningful to award
a leader with the Nobel Peace Prize. We did not lose our hope. I
believe that the United States will play an active role in the region,"
Erdogan added.