Turkey conveys its concerns to United States about Azerbaijan not
being invited to the upcoming nuclear summit in Washington
2010-04-10 14:03:00
ArmInfo. 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 upcoming nuclear summit in Washington, D.C.
Hurriyet Daily News quotes the sources as saying: "We have passed on
the message that it is not correct to not invite Baku to an
international event where Armenia will be represented." The sources
added that Washington responded by providing Ankara with information
about the criteria used to determine the states would be invited to
participate.
"We are following this issue very closely," Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu told reporters Friday in the Central Anatolian province of
Konya. "We have engaged necessary contacts with all the parties
concerned."
To remind, Apr 7 Sinirlioglu visited Yerevan and met with the Armenian
President and Foreign Minister. During his meeting with President
Sargsyan he conveyed an invitation from Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan to hold a bilateral meeting during the Washington nuclear
summit. Sargsyan accepted the invitation.
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.
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.