Gul met Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan late Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit in the Czech capital of Prague.
Ankara cut diplomatic links with Yerevan and closed the border in a show of support to Azerbaijan in 1993 after 20 percent of its territory was invaded by Armenia in a disputed region known as Nagorno-Karabakh, a frozen conflict legacy of the Soviet Union.
Turkey and Armenia, however, agreed last month on a "road map" deal for U.S.-backed talks that could lead to the normalizing of ties and the opening of their border.
Speaking to reporters following the meeting, the Turkish president said he also appreciated that there had been positive developments in the meeting between Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Sargsyan, which took place earlier on Thursday in Prague. "I hope these processes are carried out in an attentive manner and peace and stability are provided in the Caucasus region," Gul was quoted by the state-run Anatolian Agency as saying. The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed on the "basic ideas" of resolving the long-standing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their meeting, mediators said.
"They were able
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