September 25, 2003 - 21:01 AMT
ARMENIAN-TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL CALLS TO SOONEST NORMALIZATION OF ANKARA-YEREVAN RELATIONS
Normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the recession of tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan should become important issues among the Caucasian problems to be solved in the near future, says a statement of the Turkish-Armenian Council for Business Development, "Arminfo" agency reported. The statement specifically notes that a state taking steps for establishing economic relations with neighboring countries, including with Greece, should also "face" Armenia, Anatolian News Agency reported. The statement underscores that Turkey should discuss future relations with Armenia exactly now, when the issue of sending Turkish military to Iraq is intensively discussed.