February 9, 2009 - 11:27 AMT
Babacan: talks to normalize relations with Armenia advanced
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said talks to normalize relations with Armenia advanced during a meeting with RA President Serzh Sargsyan in Munich.

"We have a platform where we discuss our bilateral problems," Babacan told a news conference on the margins of the 45th Munich Security Conference.

"These Turkey-Armenia talks were the most important and intensive since World War I," Babacan said, adding he hails positive contribution of third parties to the process.

President Sargsyan, for his part, stressed to necessity to develop bilateral relations in the second half of the year.

"Armenia is determined to collaborate with all countries of the region to make South Caucasus an alternative transportation route," he said, Anatolia News Agency reports.