Turkish official: courage and creativity needed to resolve Karabakh conflictOctober 29, 2008 - 16:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ahmet Davutoglu, the chief foreign policy adviser to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that the new era with the United States will be a success story whoever was elected the new president of that country. "The new president of the United States will be Turkey's best friend," Davutoglu said during a meeting on "Turkey, the region and U.S.-Turkey relations: Assessing the challenges and prospects" at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. As to Turkey's relations with Armenia, Davutoglu said that his country is willing to discuss problems and two countries should seize every opportunity to normalize relations. Davutoglu voiced hope that the Armenian Diaspora will support the process between Turkey and Armenia, and that it will not arouse concerns in Azerbaijan. The adviser said that courage and creativity is needed to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh dispute. "We shouldn't wait for 20-30 more years," Davutoglu said. Commenting on Turkey's relations with its neighbors, Davutoglu that Turkey established a strong relationship with Iran and fixed progress in its relations with Armenia and in settlement of the Cyprus issue, worldbulletin.net reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |