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    CAUCASUS PLATFORM HEADS OF STATE TO MEET IN HELSINKI

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.12.2008 18:29 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Months of effort by Ankara to bring Turkey, Armenia,
    Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia together around the same table have
    finally yielded a concrete result with a technical-level meeting
    between these five countries to be held in Helsinki later this week,
    Today's Zaman reports.

    Turkey's proposal to establish a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation
    Platform came following a brief war between Georgia and Russia in
    August and aims to bring Turkey, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan and
    Georgia together in a regional platform for discussion and the
    resolution of conflicts in the troubled Caucasus.

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, speaking to reporters late on
    Sunday ahead of his departure for an official visit to Baku, said the
    function of the Caucasus platform is one of the topics on the agenda
    for his talks with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

    Regarding the 16th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security
    and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which he will attend in Helsinki on
    Thursday and Friday, Babacan said the OSCE's Ministerial Council had
    a particular importance nowadays due to the current state of affairs
    in the region.

    The first meeting of the Caucasus platform will be held on the
    sidelines of the meeting in Helsinki and will consist of technical
    negotiations concerning the platform's goals, principles and
    mechanisms, Babacan added.
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