February 5, 2011 - 14:36 AMT
Turkish, Swiss Foreign Ministers discuss Armenian-Turkish relations in Munich

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey discussed the Armenian-Turkish normalization in Munich.

Besides, negotiations on the Iranian nuclear problem were in the focus of the meeting, Davutolgu told journalists in Munich where he is attending the 47th Munich Security Conference.

Referring to the situation in Egypt, the Turkish Foreign Minister said that Egypt’s tranquility and welfare was a strategic goal for Turkey. Davutoglu said that Turkey's interest in Egypt should not be interpreted as interference in that country's internal matters.

Reminded by a journalist about comments made by an official from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry that Turkey should not interfere in the internal affairs of Egypt, Ahmet Davutoglu said that Egypt was a brotherly and a friendly country for Turkey with deep historic ties, Turkish Weekly reported.