April 30, 2002 - 23:31 AMT
SUMMIT OF AZERI, TURKISH AND GEORGIAN PRESIDENTS RESULT IN SIGNING OF AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TERROR
The result of the two-day summit of the Presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia is the agreement on cooperation in the struggle against terror, organized crime and drug trafficking. At the press conference in Trabzon Presidents Alyev, Sezer and Shevardnadze expressed their satisfaction with the summit results. The head of Georgia has noted the agreements achieved at the meeting are not directed against other countries but they are conditioned with the necessary security in the region. Nevertheless, Secretary General of the CIS Council for collective defense Valeri Nikolayenk has recently stated the conclusion of the Azeri-Georgian-Turkish agreement on the struggle against terror displeases Russian Federation.