July 13, 2005 - 12:22 AMT
ABDULLAH GUL: NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN TURKISH AND ARMENIAN DIPLOMATS NOT NOVELTY
"It's not a novelty that the Armenian and Turkish diplomats are holding negotiations on a number of issues", Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated when on a visit to UK. "Our only objective is to secure stability in the Caucasus", he noted adding that the Armenian-Turkish dialogue has been continuing for rather a long period of time. "Sometimes meetings are held at the ministerial level. Ankara is willing to work out a position admissible for all the parties", Gul said. To note, according a report of Hurriyet newspaper, a secret meeting of Armenian and Turkish diplomats took place in a European town. During the meeting the Turkish diplomats advanced a package of proposals, realization of which could solve the problems available, Mediamax new agency reported.