Aysor, Armenia
Dec 26 2009

Davutoglu: The sides are very close to problem’s solving

After meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed the importance of
the efforts of the international communities aimed at the solving of
the Karabakh problem and settling a peace in the Caucasus.

He said `the necessary impetus had been given recently’, according to
the Euronews. `Both Armenia and Azerbaijan alongside and the OSCE
Minsk group should make efforts to push on the process,’ said Ahmet
Davutoglu.

`Time came to make away all the obstacles that prevent the peace,’
said Turkish FM comparing last eight months of negotiations with 17
years. He also linked the process of settlement of the Karabakh
conflict with Armenian-Turkish reconciliation and border’s opening.