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    World Bulletin, Turkey
    Sept 3 2014

    Erdogan says Nagorno-Karabakh peace is priority


    Speaking as he sets out on an official visit to Azerbaijan, President
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could contribute to resolving the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    World Bulletin / News Desk

    Peace and stability in the South Caucasus will be a cornerstone of
    Turkish foreign policy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on
    Tuesday.

    Any resolution of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over
    Nagorno-Karabakh should take into account Azerbaijan's territorial
    integrity, he added as he set off for an official visit to
    Azerbaijan's capital Baku.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war over
    the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994.

    Referring to a possible permanent solution, Erdogan said: "We will
    evaluate the possible contributions of Turkey within that scope."

    Erdogan also praised the level of cooperation between Turkey and
    Azerbaijan, in particular the gas and oil pipelines crossing the
    countries that not only "contribute to cooperation between Turkey and
    Azerbaijan but also to regional prosperity and stability."

    On Thursday Erdogan will attend a NATO summit in Wales, which he said
    should focus on the crisis in Iraq and Syria.

    "The developments, especially in Syria and Iraq and in other parts of
    the Middle East, show that this fire will not die down by itself," he
    added. "To stop it from spilling over into a larger area definitely
    requires us to build a shared agenda."

    Touching on the crisis in Ukraine and tension between the West and
    Russia, Erdogan went on: "A polarization resembling the Cold War or a
    new frozen conflict will not be in the interests of anyone."

    http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/143629/erdogan-says-nagorno-karabakh-peace-is-priority



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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