TURKEY’S NEW FM MEETS SENIOR AZARBAIJANI OFFICIAL AS FIRST WORK
World Bulletin
May 4 2009
Turkey
The official’s visit to Turkey comes before Azerbaijan and Armenia
summit.
New Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu received Azerbaijan’s
deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov as his first guest.
Azarbaijan’s ambassador to Turkey, Zakir Hasimov, accompanied Azimov
during the visit.
A statement was not released after the meeting between Turkish Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Azerbaijan’s deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov, but press members were allowed to take pictures.
Before leaving his post to Davutoglu, Ali Babacan said the political
consultation period among 6 countries, including Turkey and Armania,
would start in a couple of weeks.
Azimov who is responsible for Nagarno-Karabagh and energy issues
among other things, evaluated regional developments during the meeting
with Davutoglu.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
will meet in Prag over Nagorno-Karabakh in a land occupied by Armenian
soldiers during the energy summit that will be held on may 7-8.
Azimov’s visit to Turkey comes before this summit.