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Ali Babacan: We take problems between Armenia and Azerbaijan into consideration

25 July 2008 12:38 (UTC +04:00)

After establishment of the Government, I have sent a letter to my counterpart. These aim to make a dialogue with new Armenian Government. Our wishes and foreign policy base on peace relations with our neighbor countries,â€ Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan told journalists in New-York, APA reports quoting Anadolu agency. Babacan, who had meetings in UN Headquarters to collect supports for Turkeyâ€™s UN Security Council membership in October, stressed that they wanted to establish normal neighborhood relations with Armenia. He added that Turkey took one-sided steps in this direction.
â€œThousands people came from Armenia to work in Turkey. Trade is conducted via Georgia and Iran and it amounts $500 mln last year. We allowed flights from Turkey. We have taken lop-sided steps. We expect positive steps from opposite side as well. We will also take problems between Azerbaijan and Armenia into account,â€ he said. Babacan added that they believed in solution to problems via dialogue and stressed an importance of establishing of joint historical commission on 1915 developments.