Ahmet Davutoglu: Ankara for speediest settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Ahmet Davutoglu: Ankara for speediest settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

18:49 / 12/25/2009
Official Ankara is for the speediest settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and it will not allow any disagreements between Azerbaijan and Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a press briefing following his meeting with his Azerbaijan counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, reported Trend News.
Ankara wants Armenia and Azerbaijan to improve their relations, seeking a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the immediate future.
Turkey will never worsen its relations with Azerbaijan, and any cool-down in the bilateral diplomatic relations is out of the question, Davutoglu said.
According to him, Turkey seeks peaceful, diplomatic, solutions to regional problems. In this context the Turkish Foreign Minister pointed out Turkey is for improving its relations with Armenia. Turkey wants to have the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict “unfrozen.”
On his part, Minister Mammadyarov pointed out high-level bilateral relations. Turkey regularly informs Azerbaijan of the regional developments, and the nations hold open discussions of bilateral relations.
The sides also discussed regional problems, “Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories,” as well as bilateral trade and economic relations. According to the Azeri FM, the “Armenian occupation of Azerbaijan’s territories” impedes regional development.
“I would like to refute the rumors about ‘a coolness’ between our nations. We settle all the problems as if in a family circle, and are going to do so in the future. We settle disagreements as brothers. Our relations are at a very high level,” Mammadyarov said.
Minister Davutoglu shared his Azeri counterpart’s opinion, stating that the two nations have not nor can they have any problems.

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