TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY MAKES ROUNDS IN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 8, 2010 – 17:53 AMT 12:53 GMT

As Turkish and Armenian leaders prepare to meet with U.S. President
Barack Obama in Washington, Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
Feridun Sinirlioglu is making the rounds in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent Sinirlioglu as a special
envoy to Baku on Friday to convey a letter to Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev. The Turkish diplomat previously held high-level talks
in Yerevan on Wednesday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed that Turkey would
continue its efforts to secure peace and stability for the Southern
Caucasus in the light of the normalization protocols signed between
Turkey and Armenia in October.

"We need to overcome the existing difficulties together in accordance
with this vision," Davutoglu said Friday during a press conference with
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, Hurriyet reported.