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    Turkey to advance Azeri interests in Armenia talks, says Erdogan
    03.10.2009 11:40 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will advance Azerbaijan's interests within
    the format of its negotiations with Armenia for normal relations and
    open borders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during
    a televised address to the nation.

    `I believe that this process will end up with a happy ending for
    Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia and this issue, which had become
    gangrenous, will be removed from history,' he said.

    `To this end, we will preserve our priorities and indispensability,
    and continue our peaceful and friendly steps,' he added.

    Turkey and Armenia agreed on August 31 to launch internal political
    consultations over two protocols, which will guide the normalization
    of their relations. The consultations were scheduled to be completed
    within six weeks and will be followed with ratification of the
    documents within the Turkish and Armenian parliaments.

    Erdogan described the protocols, which require Armenia to agree to a
    series of Turkish preconditions on the Armenian Genocide and borders,
    `were a signal to resolve problems,' the Anatolian News Agency said.

    `These protocols will take effect after the Turkish parliament
    ratifies it,' he said. `We will continue our talks to settle problems
    between the two countries and bring our relations to a neighborly
    course.'

    Erdogan said that Turkey was refreshing and changing its relations
    with the world, adding that Turkey would continue talks with Armenia
    to settle problems.
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