Freeing Azeri land `one of Turkey`s key missions`
Resolving the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict and liberating
Azerbaijani territory from Armenian occupation is one of Turkey`s
key missions, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on
Monday after meeting his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar
Mammadyarov, in Baku.
``We had a bilateral meeting during which the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict was discussed. Discussions were held on steps to be taken to achieve peace and stability in the South Caucasus,`` Davutoglu said at a press conference.
The Turkish minister paid a working visit to Baku to discuss with Azerbaijani officials the outcomes of his recent talks in the United States.
Davutoglu said he had comprehensively briefed President Ilham Aliyev on the meetings held in Washington. ``We discussed the recent processes with Ilham Aliyev. I must say about the nuclear security summit, which was held in Washington, that during all of our meetings we demonstrated that our main goal is to continue the process based on peace, security and stability [in the region],`` Davutoglu said.
He added that Turkey`s goal is clear: ushering in a new era in the South Caucasus that would be based upon normalization of relations, open borders, confidence and security.
``We hope that jointly, with the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group [mediating Garabagh settlement], this will be achieved, Davutoglu said.
Prior to leaving for Baku, the minister said Azerbaijan is fully aware of the talks that Turkey holds on mending its strained relations with Armenia, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
"We regularly inform Azerbaijan of this matter. Turkey thoroughly thought out each and every step before putting its signature [under the 2009 accords on its reconciliation with Yerevan]," Davutoglu told a news conference in Ankara.
"Our policy from now onward will be much more low-key and not so vocal, taking into account the political views of all sides involved. Turkey remains committed to all signed documents and the process of normalizing its relations with Armenia," the minister said.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds for decades and maintain no diplomatic ties. Ankara and Yerevan signed two protocols on normalizing their relations in Zurich in October 2009. However, the documents require approval in both countries’ parliaments. Turkish officials have assured Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, that the protocols will not pass in the country’s parliament until progress is made in resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.*
``We had a bilateral meeting during which the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict was discussed. Discussions were held on steps to be taken to achieve peace and stability in the South Caucasus,`` Davutoglu said at a press conference.
The Turkish minister paid a working visit to Baku to discuss with Azerbaijani officials the outcomes of his recent talks in the United States.
Davutoglu said he had comprehensively briefed President Ilham Aliyev on the meetings held in Washington. ``We discussed the recent processes with Ilham Aliyev. I must say about the nuclear security summit, which was held in Washington, that during all of our meetings we demonstrated that our main goal is to continue the process based on peace, security and stability [in the region],`` Davutoglu said.
He added that Turkey`s goal is clear: ushering in a new era in the South Caucasus that would be based upon normalization of relations, open borders, confidence and security.
``We hope that jointly, with the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group [mediating Garabagh settlement], this will be achieved, Davutoglu said.
Prior to leaving for Baku, the minister said Azerbaijan is fully aware of the talks that Turkey holds on mending its strained relations with Armenia, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
"We regularly inform Azerbaijan of this matter. Turkey thoroughly thought out each and every step before putting its signature [under the 2009 accords on its reconciliation with Yerevan]," Davutoglu told a news conference in Ankara.
"Our policy from now onward will be much more low-key and not so vocal, taking into account the political views of all sides involved. Turkey remains committed to all signed documents and the process of normalizing its relations with Armenia," the minister said.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds for decades and maintain no diplomatic ties. Ankara and Yerevan signed two protocols on normalizing their relations in Zurich in October 2009. However, the documents require approval in both countries’ parliaments. Turkish officials have assured Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, that the protocols will not pass in the country’s parliament until progress is made in resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.*
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