November 17, 2008 - 14:41 AMT
Yerevan didn't receive proposal for a meeting between Armenian, Turkish, Azerbaijani Presidents
Official Yerevan didn't receive any proposal for a meeting between Armenian, Azerbaijani and Turkish Presidents, the RA Foreign Minister said.

"We were not informed about such initiative," Edward Nalbandian told a news conference today.

Last week, the Azeri Press Agency quoted Turkey's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic as saying that "a trilateral meeting between Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia is expected till the yearend in Turkey."

Earlier, some Turkish media circulated reports that "Turkish President Abdullah Gul is readying to take another bold step to contribute to regional peace in the Caucasus by soon hosting a trilateral summit with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan."

However, Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey doesn't plan trilateral talks between leaders of Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. "Of course, we would be pleased by visits of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia. But Turkey doesn't plan a meeting of the kind," said Burak Ozugergin, spokesman for the Turkish MFA.