Ali Babacan: six-sided talks on Karabakh to start soon

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan said six-sided talks on Nagorno Karabakh conflict with participation of U.S., Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia will start soon.



Babacan said all actions taken by Turkey in Caucasus satisfy Azerbaijani interests. "Turkey is interested in Karabakh conflict resolution and the world's attention to this process is rising. Negotiations will start in several weeks, but dates of joint discussions on regional issues will be identified once all six countries - U.S., Russian, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia - come to agreement on these through diplomatic channels. We seek normalization of relations not only between Turkey and Armenia, but between Baku and Yerevan as well," Turkish media cited Babacan as saying.



Tigran Balayan, head of the Armenian MFA media relations division, told PanARMENIAN.Net that Armenia got no offer to participate in talks mentioned by the Turkish Foreign Minister.