“TURKEY IS READY TO BACK AZERBAIJAN”
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“The opening of the Armenian-Turkish frontier and the resolution of the Karabakh conflict are interrelated,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said during a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.
The Turkish FM said that the Armenian-Turkish relations are conditioned by the Turkish-Azerbaijani relations and added that the regulation of the Karabakh issue will promote to the Armenian-Turkish relations.
“Tangible steps should be taken to settle the question as Turkey is ready to support Azerbaijan,” said the Turkish FM.
“All conflicts in the Caucasus should be settled through diplomatic methods. The future generations must inherit no conflict.”
Note, the FMs had a tête-à-tête meeting before the press conference. They discussed the current phase of the Karabakh conflict settlement and the possible trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey during a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Helsinki on December 4-5.
