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  • ANKARA: Turkey Welcomes Armenian, Azeri Leaders' Meeting In Prague

    TURKEY WELCOMES ARMENIAN, AZERI LEADERS' MEETING IN PRAGUE

    Anadolu Agency
    May 8 2009
    Turkey

    Ankara, 8 May: Top Turkish diplomat said [on] Friday [8 May] his
    country welcomed a meeting in Prague between Azeri and Armenian
    leaders who were said to have agreed on "basic principles" concerning
    the contested region of Upper Karabakh.

    "I would like say that Turkey had welcomed with great pleasure the
    progress the two leaders made in their talks in Prague. The important
    thing is that peace and stability can be restored in the region,"
    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a joint press conference
    with his Finnish counterpart in Ankara.

    Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh
    Sargsyan reached an agreement [on] Thursday over "basic concepts of
    peace" in the dispute, mediators of the Prague meeting said.

    "For the first time, the presidents agreed on basic ideas," said
    Matthew Bryza, a senior US diplomat in Minsk Group brokering the talks.

    Davutoglu also called for concerted effort to encourage a settlement
    in the shortest possible time, which he said would "set an example
    in overcoming frozen disputes" in the region.

    "We have always been in favour a settlement in the Karabakh dispute
    within the confines of the international law and Azerbaijan's
    territorial integrity. Such a settlement will bring peace to the
    Caucasus and it will present a model for resolving other frozen
    disputes," Davutoglu said.

    Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a six-year war over Upper Karabakh in
    Azerbaijan. The region has been occupied by Armenia since a 1994
    cease-fire but is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

    Turkey cut all diplomatic ties with Yerevan after the occupation and
    a border gate with its northeastern neighbour has remained closed
    since then.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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