November 14, 2008 - 14:40 AMT
Ankara will try to speed up Karabakh resolution
Turkey is willing to host the second meeting of President of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Turkish PM said, when addressing Columbia University in New York.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the Moscow declaration on Karabakh as a significant step.

Asked whether Turkey, as the new member of the UN Security Council, will pursue its own national policy or UN policies if the Karabakh problem is brought to the Council floor, Erdogan said Turkey will contribute to speed up efforts for soonest resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

He said resolution of the problem will facilitate Turkey-Armenia reconciliation, Today's Zaman reports.