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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA
Anadolu Agency
Oct 31 2010
Turkey
Ankara, 31 October: Turkey welcomed agreement between Azerbaijan and
Armenia on several issues during a meeting hosted by President Dmitry
Medvedev of Russia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday [31
October], "we welcome that Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders agreed
on several humanitarian issues during a summit hosted by Russian
President Medvedev.
"Turkey hopes that the Astrakhan Summit will make positive
contributions to the solution process by adding momentum to the
efforts to resolve the Upper Karabakh dispute. We also wish that steps
to be taken on humanitarian issues will be supported with concrete
initiatives. Turkey is determined to fully support initiatives that
will serve creation of a ground for compromise between the parties,"
the Ministry added.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsyan of
Armenia met in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on October 27
at a meeting hosted by Russian President Medvedev to discuss ways to
resolve the dispute over Upper-Karabakh. During the talks, the leaders
agreed to exchange prisoners of war and victims' bodies. Russia,
together with the United States and France, has been leading
international efforts to resolve the dispute.
From: A. Papazian
Anadolu Agency
Oct 31 2010
Turkey
Ankara, 31 October: Turkey welcomed agreement between Azerbaijan and
Armenia on several issues during a meeting hosted by President Dmitry
Medvedev of Russia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday [31
October], "we welcome that Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders agreed
on several humanitarian issues during a summit hosted by Russian
President Medvedev.
"Turkey hopes that the Astrakhan Summit will make positive
contributions to the solution process by adding momentum to the
efforts to resolve the Upper Karabakh dispute. We also wish that steps
to be taken on humanitarian issues will be supported with concrete
initiatives. Turkey is determined to fully support initiatives that
will serve creation of a ground for compromise between the parties,"
the Ministry added.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsyan of
Armenia met in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on October 27
at a meeting hosted by Russian President Medvedev to discuss ways to
resolve the dispute over Upper-Karabakh. During the talks, the leaders
agreed to exchange prisoners of war and victims' bodies. Russia,
together with the United States and France, has been leading
international efforts to resolve the dispute.
From: A. Papazian