TURKISH, AZERI PRESIDENTS TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH RAPPROCHEMENT
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19:48 / 09/29/2009
Turkish President Abdullah Gul is to visit the Nakhichevan autonomous
republic, Azerbaijan, late this week. The next Summit of Turkic
countries is to be held there on October 2-3, 2009. The Azerbaijani
service of the Radio Free Europe reported that the Kyrgyz, Uzbek
Presidents are to take part in the Summit, with lower-ranking officials
to represent Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The Turkish and Azerbaijani Presidents are to hold a private meeting
during the Summit and discussed the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement
and Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
The Turkish Today’s Zaman reports that a week after the meeting the
Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers are to sign the Armenian-Turkish
protocols. During his visit to Nakhichevan, President Gul plans
to convince his Azerbaijani counterpart that Armenian-Turkish ties
will not be established to the detriment of the Turkish-Azerbaijani
relations.
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