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Gul Reveals Secret Talks with Russia After Protocols
Asbarez
Jan 7th, 2010
Turkish President Abdullah Gul with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
in Russia. February 2009
ANKARA (Combined Sources) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul revealed
Tuesday that Turkey and Russia have been engaged in closed-door
discussions concerning Armenia since Ankara and Yerevan signed the
Turkey-Armenia protocols in October.
Gul made the revelation during an interview broadcast on CNN Turk. He
stated that `silent, yet very active diplomacy' has been occurring
between Turkey and Russia, focusing on a political settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
`While we are raising the frozen conflicts, making the process open
would only complicate it,' Gul told CNN Turk, explaining why details
of the discussions are being kept under wraps.
Meanwhile, Today's Zaman Reported Wednesday that Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and up to eight Cabinet ministers will
visit Russia on January 12-13 for talks expected to focus on the
process of rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia and greater
Russian involvement in an oil pipeline linking Turkey's southern and
northern coasts and
Asbarez
Jan 7th, 2010
Turkish President Abdullah Gul with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
in Russia. February 2009
ANKARA (Combined Sources) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul revealed
Tuesday that Turkey and Russia have been engaged in closed-door
discussions concerning Armenia since Ankara and Yerevan signed the
Turkey-Armenia protocols in October.
Gul made the revelation during an interview broadcast on CNN Turk. He
stated that `silent, yet very active diplomacy' has been occurring
between Turkey and Russia, focusing on a political settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
`While we are raising the frozen conflicts, making the process open
would only complicate it,' Gul told CNN Turk, explaining why details
of the discussions are being kept under wraps.
Meanwhile, Today's Zaman Reported Wednesday that Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and up to eight Cabinet ministers will
visit Russia on January 12-13 for talks expected to focus on the
process of rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia and greater
Russian involvement in an oil pipeline linking Turkey's southern and
northern coasts and