'ARMENIA-TURKEY NORMALIZATION IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS': DMITRY MEDVEDEV
Tert.am
17:04 12.05.10
Moscow keeps a close eye on the Armenia-Turkey normalization and backs
it, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at a joint press conference
with his Turkish answer Abdullah Gul following a meeting in Ankara.
"We are following the developments pertaining to this issue. The
process gained an impetus in Zurich by signing of the Protocols. We
are in favor of the process to continue. That is not an easy process.
I hope that the parties will eventually reach the necessary agreement.
We do back this process and will use available opportunities till
the end," local Turkish daily Hurriyet quoted Medvedev as saying.
Asked about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Medvedev said: "The Karabakh
issue is not the only one in the Caucasus. Some comforting steps have
recently been taken for the settlement of the conflict.
Discussions over the issue continue."
Abdullah Gul, in turn, said that "they agreed on unifying their
efforts for the resolution of the regional issues."
Tert.am
17:04 12.05.10
Moscow keeps a close eye on the Armenia-Turkey normalization and backs
it, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at a joint press conference
with his Turkish answer Abdullah Gul following a meeting in Ankara.
"We are following the developments pertaining to this issue. The
process gained an impetus in Zurich by signing of the Protocols. We
are in favor of the process to continue. That is not an easy process.
I hope that the parties will eventually reach the necessary agreement.
We do back this process and will use available opportunities till
the end," local Turkish daily Hurriyet quoted Medvedev as saying.
Asked about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Medvedev said: "The Karabakh
issue is not the only one in the Caucasus. Some comforting steps have
recently been taken for the settlement of the conflict.
Discussions over the issue continue."
Abdullah Gul, in turn, said that "they agreed on unifying their
efforts for the resolution of the regional issues."