Turkish official: courage and creativity needed to resolve Karabakh conflict

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ahmet Davutoglu, the chief foreign policy adviser to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that the new era with the United States will be a success story whoever was elected the new president of that country.





"The new president of the United States will be Turkey's best friend," Davutoglu said during a meeting on "Turkey, the region and U.S.-Turkey relations: Assessing the challenges and prospects" at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.



As to Turkey's relations with Armenia, Davutoglu said that his country is willing to discuss problems and two countries should seize every opportunity to normalize relations.



Davutoglu voiced hope that the Armenian Diaspora will support the process between Turkey and Armenia, and that it will not arouse concerns in Azerbaijan.



The adviser said that courage and creativity is needed to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh dispute. "We shouldn't wait for 20-30 more years," Davutoglu said.



Commenting on Turkey's relations with its neighbors, Davutoglu that Turkey established a strong relationship with Iran and fixed progress in its relations with Armenia and in settlement of the Cyprus issue, worldbulletin.net reports.