Sargsyan, Gul Likely To Meet Before October 2009

SARGSYAN, GUL LIKELY TO MEET BEFORE OCTOBER 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.11.2008 17:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During talks with European Commission President
Jose Manuel Barroso, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan discussed a
possibility of another meeting with Turkish leader Abdullah Gul, the RA
President’s spokesman Samvel Farmanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

As to meeting with Aliyev, he said, "The Armenian President met lately
with his Azerbaijani counterpart and a new meeting makes no sense now."

In an interview with Euronews, President Sargsyan said he doesn’t rule
out that the meeting with Mr Gul can take place before October 2009,
when a game between Armenian and Turkish soccer teams is scheduled.

Meanwhile, the Azeri Press Agency quoted Turkey’s Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic today as saying that "a trilateral meeting
between Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia is expected till
the yearend in Turkey."

Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey doesn’t plan trilateral talks
between leaders of Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

"Of course, we would be pleased by visits of the Presidents of
Azerbaijan and Armenia. But Turkey doesn’t plan a meeting of the kind,"
said Burak Ozugergin, spokesman for the Turkish MFA, the Anatolia
news agency reports.

Earlier, some Turkish media circulated reports that "Turkish President
Abdullah Gul is readying to take another bold step to contribute to
regional peace in the Caucasus by soon hosting a trilateral summit
with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan."