Attending the conference, Babacan said that the key target during his meetings with the State officials was to improve the relations between the countries.
Turkish Foreign Minister also said that much successful works have been done for improvement of relations between the countries.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan held productive talks with his Armenian counterpart and president on the sidelines of the 45th Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Burak Ozugergin, spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said.
As the CNN Turk reported, during a meeting between Sargsyan Babacan expressed hope that talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia will give positive results. He believed that the peace achieved in the region will give advantages to both sides.
Recent talks between Armenia and Turkey were the most important and intensive since World War I, said Babacan, adding he was warm to the possible contribution of third parties in the process. Sargsyan on his part, said important developments could happen in Turkish-Armenian relations in the second half of the year, the agency reported. Armenia aimed at improving cooperation with all regional countries to make southern Caucasus an alternate route of transportation, he added.
Babacan also said that NATO and the European Union could succeed in creating common values and ideals in the Balkan countries where different religious faiths and cultures co-existed.
"The EU should pursue an opening policy towards the Balkans. We support Serbia's membership to the EU. Macedonia should become a member of NATO as soon as possible," he said at a panel discussion.
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