Friday, August 6, 2010

Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan FMs gather in Bodrum (UPDATE)


Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan FMs gather in Bodrum (UPDATE)

Editor's note: paragraphs 5-6 added

Foreign ministers of Turkic-speaking countries came together in a meeting which took place in Bodrum town of the western Turkish province of Mugla on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who held a joint press conference with foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - Elmar Mammadyarov, Kanat Saudabayev and Ruslan Kazakbayev, said that the cooperation among countries of Turkish world would be institutionalized.

He expressed hope that a permanent Turkish World Council Secretariat would be shaped in Istanbul during this year's Turkic-speaking countries summit.

Davutoglu noted that the Turkish world countries would be in solidarity thanks to the secretariat.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told a press conference that he discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with his Turkish counterpart, Turk.net reported.

"Turkey is highly respected in the international arena, and therefore I believe that Ahmet bey will take very useful initiatives in the Karabakh settlement", Mammadyarov said.

Source: Trend - news from the Caspian, South Caucasus and Central Asia

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