Sargsyan, Gul likely to meet before October 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net - During talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan discussed a possibility of another meeting with Turkish leader Abdullah Gul, the RA President's spokesman Samvel Farmanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



As to meeting with Aliyev, he said, "The Armenian President met lately with his Azerbaijani counterpart and a new meeting makes no sense now."



In an interview with Euronews, President Sargsyan said he doesn't rule out that the meeting with Mr Gul can take place before October 2009, when a game between Armenian and Turkish soccer teams is scheduled.



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



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, the Anatolia news agency reports.



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."