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  • ANKARA: FM Babacan Testimates Increased Dialogue With Armenia

    TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ESTIMATES INCREASED DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIA

    Anatolia News Agency
    Sept 10 2008
    Turkey

    ANKARA (A.A) -Turkey's foreign minister expressed hope for more
    dialogue with Armenia after Turkish and Armenian presidents watched
    a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Yerevan last Saturday.

    "In the new era for the Turkish-Armenian relations, there will be a
    new momentum in dialogue and we are pretty hopeful for the new era
    as we have seen a solution-oriented position on the part of Armenia,"
    Ali Babacan told a televised interview on Wednesday.

    Babacan however said "there were quite a few problematic issues"
    between Turkey and Armenia, such as the incidents of 1915, the Upper
    Karabakh [Nagornyy Karabakh] problem. The two countries also have no
    diplomatic relations.

    Babacan said he had been talking Turkish-Armenian relations with
    his counterpart, Eduard Nalbandian, as well as relations between
    Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    "We have an ongoing process between the foreign ministers of the
    two countries and we are in search of solutions to the problem,"
    Babacan said.

    Babacan said he might hold a joint meeting with Azeri and Armenian
    foreign ministers on the sidelines of UN General Assembly meetings
    in New York.

    "Armenia seems to have passed a threshold now, and the diplomatic
    traffic and our impression from the Armenian president and the foreign
    minister reveals that there is a strong will for solution in Armenia,"
    Babacan said.

    "They do understand our sensitivities and we do understand theirs. We
    have many reasons to be optimistic," he said.
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