RUSSIA HOPES ARMENIA AND TURKEY WILL RESTORE RELATIONS

news.az
May 12 2010
Azerbaijan

Dmitriy Medvedev Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev hopes for the
restoration of relations between Turkey and Armenia.

‘I hope the sides will be able to achieve all necessary solutions and
completely restore relations’, Medvedev said following a meeting with
Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Ankara.

He said this will undoubtedly ‘promote stabilization of the situation
in the region, active development of economic relations and increase
in the level of living conditions in all states in our region’.

The Russian president said Russian welcomes this process and intends
to watch it closely using ‘the opportunities that Russia has’. ‘But
the solution, ultimately, depends on the two countries’, Medvedev said.

He voiced hope that the positive impulse given to the process of
restoration if relations when the documents in Zurich were signed
will continue.

‘Naturally, these processes are not easy, they find different
responses in the states-both Turkey and Armenia, because for some
clear reasons, this problem has not found its solution for long’,
the Russian president said.