January 9, 2003 - 21:51 AMT
ANKARA TO ENHANCE ITS STATUS WITHIN OSCE MINSK GROUP TO ADVOCATE AZERI INTERESTS
Ankara intends to enhance its status within the OSCE Minsk group to "pursue a policy fitting the interests of Azerbaijan and Turkey." Leader of "Justice and Development" party Receb Erdogan stated it in the course of his visit to Baku. As reported by RIA "Novosti," at the meeting with Azeri parliament speaker Murtuz Aleskerov Erdogan stressed the importance of trilateral meetings between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia for settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict peacefully.