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Will Armenia withdraw troops from liberated territories?

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"Armenia should quit the occupied lands of Azerbaijan", said Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking at Moscow State University, Anadolu reports.

"The occupied lands of Azerbaijan should be released. We should establish stable peace in the region and settle the problem of Karabakh", the prime minister noted.

Turkish sources report that the Karabakh issue was the key topic of discussions during Erdogan's meetings with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Quoting diplomatic sources, CNN Turk reports that Armenia will likely withdraw its troops from the five liberated territories in 2010.

According to Russian sources, before a meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russian President announced: "The Russian-Turkish relations are growing. These are, indeed, the relations of strategic partners. We have successfully developed economic and trade cooperation."

The Turkish premier assessed Russian-Turkish partnership in the sphere of energy as successful and perfect.