TURKISH ENVOY CONVEYS PM’S LETTER TO AZERBAIJAN

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09.04.2010 18:37

Turkey has conveyed its concerns to the United States about Azerbaijan
not being invited to the upcoming nuclear summit in Washington, D.C.,
diplomatic sources have told the Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review.

"We have passed on the message that it is not correct to not invite
Baku to an international event where Armenia will be represented,"
said the sources, adding that Washington responded by providing Ankara
with information about the criteria used to determine the states to
be invited to participate.

Heads of state and government from more than 40 countries will
participate in the summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama on
Monday and Tuesday.

Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, Turkey’s
top diplomat, held talks Friday in Baku where he conveyed a letter from
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev. Diplomatic sources said the visit also aimed to compensate
for Baku’s non-participation in the nuclear summit.

In Baku, Sinirlioglu also met with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister
Elmar Memmedyarov, who had spoken by telephone a day previously with
his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu.

Turkey has informed Baku about Sinirlioglu’s meetings in Yerevan
early this week and Davutoglu’s talks in France, one of the countries
co-chairing the Minsk Group, which aims to find a settlement to the
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.