January 8, 2003 - 18:10 AMT
TURKEY SECONDS CONTACTS OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI LEADERS ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
Turkey seconds bilateral contacts of the Armenian and Azeri leadership, as well as the activities of international mediators within the OSCE Minsk group directed at the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. As reported by "Arminfo" agency, leader of Turkish ruling "Justice and Development" party (AKP) Receb Erdogan stated it before his visit to Baku. In his words, official Ankara supposes that all these efforts will have the expected result. Erdogan emphasized that the Turkish present government's policy towards the Turkic speaking countries would significantly differ from the one pursued by the country previous leadership. The differences are conditioned by "a higher level of cooperation," as well as activation of contacts at the political level.