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    ALI BABACAN TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN REGARDING ARMENIA ISSUE
    Shamkhal Abilov

    Journal of Turkish Weekly
    Dec 2 2008
    Turkey

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan is in official visit to Azerbaijan
    by the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. The
    meeting was held between two Foreign Ministers. The main topic of
    the meeting was the further development of the bilateral relations,
    situation in the South Caucasus, and the mediation role of Turkey in
    this issue.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that, we talked
    about the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at the briefing
    right after the meeting. "I have again informed my Turkish counterpart
    about Azerbaijan position in this issue. We have also discussed about
    the initiative of the Turkish side in the stability and security
    platform in region," said Foreign Minister.

    Ministers also talked about the energy project between two states
    and stressed that the trilateral meeting between president of
    Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan will play an important role
    for transporting Khazar based energy to Europe through Azerbaijan
    and Turkey.

    At press conference the Foreign minister of Turkey Ali Babacan said
    that, the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations and improving
    ties between these countries would have a positive impact on the
    Azerbaijan-Armenia talks over Nagorny Karabakh.

    It is important here to mention that one of the main reasons of Turkey
    in 1992 for closing borders with Armenia was the occupation of the
    Azerbaijan territory. Now Turkey sees that this has no any effect
    for solving problem with Armenia.

    The visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Armenia in September
    2008 creates new form for cooperation in the region. The main purpose
    of the visit was helping the dialogue between two countries to avoid
    the historical enmity and trying to protect peace and security in
    the region.

    Turkish Foreign Minister said that this is the only way for the
    prosperity of the region. In order to solve the problem in the region,
    parties of the conflict have to take place in the bargaining table. He
    stressed that Turkey effort to improve bilateral relations with
    Armenia would help to resolve the long-standing conflict and have
    great impact on the negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    On December 1, President Ilham Aliyev received Turkish Foreign
    Minister Ali Babacan. President stressed the importance of the Turkish
    partnership for Azerbaijan and appreciated the mediator role of Turkey
    in Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

    "We have relations that enable our cooperation in all fields. We have
    common past. And nowadays, everything depend on our political will,"
    stated Ilham Alyev. President also talked about the development of
    the economic, political, and strategic relations between Turkey and
    Azerbaijan, and mentioned that the main principle in relations is
    our brotherhood and common history.

    The Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kılıc also attended to
    the meeting. The meeting then continued behind closed door.

    --Boundary_(ID_Ghch8HU929W3otyS1MZvUQ)--
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