BAKU: Turkey & Georgia stand for quick & peaceful settlement of NK

Azerbaijan News Service
May 24 2005

TURKEY AND GEORGIA STAND FOR QUICK AND PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DAQLIQ
QARABAQ CONFLICT
2005-05-24 21:18

Turkey and Georgia want quick solution of Armenia-Azerbaijan Daqliq
Qarabaq conflict by peaceful ways, stated Ahmad Nejdet Sezer and
Mikhail Saakashivili, presidents of Turkey and Georgia in their
separate meetings with Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan. Meeting
first with Georgian president, president Ilham Aliyev called pumping
of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main oil export pipeline historical event for
South Caucasus region. This is a stirring example of political will
of two countries and mutual belief. Construction of BTC -one of the
biggest projects of the world implementation of which was difficult
to imagine is coming to an end, said Ilham Aliyev. Mikhail
Saakashivili in his turn stressed the importance of the pipeline said
this pipeline is a guarantee for peace in the region. Each time we
come to Azerbaijan we see cloudless sky and it make us happy. This is
a historical event in deed. This project considers broad peace
perspectives for the region, stated Georgian president. President
Ilham Aliyev gave presents to both presidents on the occasion of
pumping BTC.