Turkey welcomes deal between Azerbaijan, Armenia in Russia

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday, "we welcome that Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders agreed on several humanitarian issues during a summit hosted by Russian President Medvedev."

"Turkey hopes that the Astrakhan Summit will make positive contributions to the solution process by adding momentum to the efforts to resolve the Upper Karabakh dispute. We also wish that steps to be taken on humanitarian issues will be supported with concrete initiatives. Turkey is determined to fully support initiatives that will serve creation of a ground for compromise between the parties," the Ministry added.

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsian of Armenia met in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on October 27 at a meeting hosted by Russian President Medvedev to discuss ways to resolve the dispute over Upper-Karabakh. During the talks, the leaders agreed to exchange prisoners of war and victims' bodies. Russia, together with the United States and France, has been leading international efforts to resolve the dispute.