Turkey welcomes Azeri and Armenian leaders’ agreement to swap POWs
ANADOLU – Turkey has welcomed the adoption of the joint declaration by Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia at the Astrakhan summit, Anadolu Agency reported.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday, "we welcome that Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan agreed on several humanitarian issues during the Astrakhan summit."
Astrakhan hosted the trilateral meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on Oct.27. The parties have signed a declaration, which envisages the return of prisoners of war.
"Turkey hopes that the Astrakhan Summit will make positive contributions to the solution process by adding momentum to the efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh dispute. We also wish that steps to be taken on humanitarian issues will be supported with concrete initiatives in other areas. Turkey is determined to fully support initiatives that will serve creation of a ground for compromise between the parties," the ministry added.
Turkey's political leaders have repeatedly stated that the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations directly depends on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
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