Turkish President sends his envoy to Armenia
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will send a letter to Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan asking him to support Turkish nominee for the post of OSCE Secretary General. Turkey's nominee for the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Ersin Erchin will deliver the letter to Sargsyan, Haberturk reported.
Erchin is expected to arrive in Armenia in March. He said sending the letter is a goodwill gesture.
"I will travel to Armenia as a representative of President Abdullah Gul. The President will send a message to Sargsyan ensuring that Turkey will observe full neutrality during its activity in the OSCE secretariat and no other secretary general can be more neutral than us," said Erchin.
According to Erchin, the visit will build a psychological bridge between the two countries.
"My visit to Yerevan is a message. There is no Armenian in the OSCE secretariat. It is possible to involve an Armenian in its work and to behave in favor of Armenians. I will hear them more than powerful countries. Turkish secretary general meets Armenians' interests as well. If I was Armenian or Greek I would say "Yes" to Turkish," he said.
Erchin said they were communicating with Cyprus through Greece to prevent Greek Cypriots' possible protest against the Turkish nominee.
There are three other candidates for the OSCE Secretary General: OSCE PA President Joao Soares, Austrian former foreign minister Ursula Plassnik and UN special representative for Kosovo Lamberto Zannier (Italia).
