BAKU: Turkish FM: Turkey Wants To Normalize Relations With Armenia

TURKISH FM: TURKEY WANTS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA Trend News Agency July 25 2008 Azerbaijan Turkey's foreign minister expressed on Thursday Turkey's willingness to normalize relations with Armenia, reported World Buleltin. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said that Turkey also wanted to create an atmosphere of dialogue with Armenia. "Turkish president, prime minister and foreign minister sent letters to their Armenian counterparts after recent elections in Armenia, and these letters aimed to open a new door of dialogue with the new (Armenian) administration," Babacan told a press conference in New York. Babacan is actually in New York City to lobby for Turkey's candidacy for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council. Turkey's foreign minister said that Turkey's aim was to have zero problems... [read full story]