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AZERI PRESIDENT, TURKISH PREMIER DISCUSS TIES, KARABAKH CONFLICT
Lider TV
Sept 11 2012
Azerbaijan
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev had a
one-to-one meeting in the town of Qabala, 200 km off Baku, on 11
September prior to a session of the Azerbaijan-Turkey strategic
cooperation council, the channel said.
Ties, Karabakh conflict discussed
The two men discussed political, military and economic ties, in
particular increasing trade between the two countries and prospects
for the TANAP Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project.
When discussing regional issues, the two leaders exchanged views
about the Karabakh peace process, the channel said.
It added that Erdogan is paying a two-day visit and will go to Saki
and Qax districts on 12 September and then will travel on to Ukraine,
without visiting the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
The channel showed Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva meeting
Erdogan and his wife at the airport.
BBCM note: The Azerbaijani president does not meet foreign leaders
at the airport in Baku.
Baku appreciates visit
The channel went on to quote the chief of the foreign relations
department of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, Novruz
Mammadov, as saying that Baku "highly appreciates" Erdogan's visit.
The visit is important because of discussions of the current state of
and prospects for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, and talks
to be held will cause a further rapprochement in Turkish-Azerbaijani
relations, the channel said, quoting Mammadov.
Lider TV then showed Mammadov telling reporters that all areas of
interest to both sides will be discussed, including cooperation in
the fields of economy, transport, and security.
Message for Russia
In the meantime, political analysts have held a debate on the visit
in the office of the news agency Novosti Azerbaijan, Baku-based Turan
news agency has reported.
"The fact that the session is being held in Qabala could also be
a message for Russia. The intensive development of tourism and the
holding of international events in Qabala District may mean that this
is not a place for a military facility," the report quoted experts
as saying during the debate.
BBCM note: Qabala is home to a radar station that Azerbaijan is
leasing to Russia.
From: A. Papazian
Lider TV
Sept 11 2012
Azerbaijan
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev had a
one-to-one meeting in the town of Qabala, 200 km off Baku, on 11
September prior to a session of the Azerbaijan-Turkey strategic
cooperation council, the channel said.
Ties, Karabakh conflict discussed
The two men discussed political, military and economic ties, in
particular increasing trade between the two countries and prospects
for the TANAP Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project.
When discussing regional issues, the two leaders exchanged views
about the Karabakh peace process, the channel said.
It added that Erdogan is paying a two-day visit and will go to Saki
and Qax districts on 12 September and then will travel on to Ukraine,
without visiting the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
The channel showed Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva meeting
Erdogan and his wife at the airport.
BBCM note: The Azerbaijani president does not meet foreign leaders
at the airport in Baku.
Baku appreciates visit
The channel went on to quote the chief of the foreign relations
department of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, Novruz
Mammadov, as saying that Baku "highly appreciates" Erdogan's visit.
The visit is important because of discussions of the current state of
and prospects for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, and talks
to be held will cause a further rapprochement in Turkish-Azerbaijani
relations, the channel said, quoting Mammadov.
Lider TV then showed Mammadov telling reporters that all areas of
interest to both sides will be discussed, including cooperation in
the fields of economy, transport, and security.
Message for Russia
In the meantime, political analysts have held a debate on the visit
in the office of the news agency Novosti Azerbaijan, Baku-based Turan
news agency has reported.
"The fact that the session is being held in Qabala could also be
a message for Russia. The intensive development of tourism and the
holding of international events in Qabala District may mean that this
is not a place for a military facility," the report quoted experts
as saying during the debate.
BBCM note: Qabala is home to a radar station that Azerbaijan is
leasing to Russia.
From: A. Papazian