TURKISH FM SAYS AZERI, ARMENIAN SIDES HAS POLITICAL WILL FOR SOLUTION

Dec 5 2008
Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Friday talks between Turkey
and Armenia as well as Azerbaijan and Armenia were going well.

"I can say that things are going well both in the process between
Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as between Turkey and Armenia and
I hope that the talks would yield the desired result, which is the
total normalization of relations," Babacan told reporters in Helsinki
where he participated the 16th Ministerial Council Meeting of the
Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Babacan said the Upper Karabakh problem was a complicated issue with
many levels, but added that both Azeri and Armenian presidents had
the political will to find a solution.

The Turkish foreign minister said the U.S., Russia and France also
extended support for the process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

"I have told all parts that they should not miss the opportunity for
a solution, and I hope these efforts will yield result to help create
a new atmosphere of peace, stability and security in the Caucasus,"
Babacan said.