Turkey will always support Azerbaijan in Karabakh issue

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey endorses the format of the OSCE Minsk Group for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the Turkish Foreign Minister said.



"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a very complicated problem which should be resolved via talks. Serious steps should be taken and Turkey is ready to support Azerbaijan," Ali Babacan told a news conference in Baku.



The Turkish-Armenian relations depend on relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, according to him.



"A positive outcome of the intense talks between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan could contribute to the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation as well. The Karabakh conflict is a problem of the entire region. We will be always side by side with Azerbaijan, as we have been since 1918," Babacan said, Trend Azeri news agency reports.
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