Abdullah Gul: "Turkey attaches a great importance to the Moscow meeting of Presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan"

Turkey attaches a "great importance to the Moscow trilateral meeting with participation of the Presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan upon completion of which there has been adopted a declaration of the need for the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict", noted the president.

The head of the Turkish state noted that "Russia plays a key role in this issue as it is also the co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh".

"Any positive turn in the resolution of conflicts in the Caucasus immediately has a positive impact on all the countries of the region, while the negative turn has a negative impact on all regional players", considers Abdullah Gul.

According to the Turkish President, his country has long been searching for ways of normalizing relations with Armenia and uses all opportunities for a dialogue, "including the one provided by the selection match of the world championship between the football teams of our countries".

"I have left to Yerevan and watched this game at the tribune together with my Armenian counterpart. After the match we have a very good and useful meeting with President Sargsyan. I am very glad that the dialogue established in Yerevan is still underway", noted he.

"I believe that my visit to Yerevan was not only the start of the process of normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia but will also promote normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the same time I would like to express a deep gratitude to Russia for the constant efforts for assistance to the search of ways to settle these complex knots", said Abdullah Gul.

/Vesti/