The Turkish president expressed on Wednesday his belief that the current status quo with Armenia was not for nobody's interest.
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said that the status quo between Turkey and Armenia was not for nobody's interest. "Neither the current status quo between Turkey and Armenia nor the one between Armenia and Azerbaijan are in the best interests of any of the parties," Gul told Turkish reporters in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. Gul is actually visiting Kyrgyzstan, the first stop of his tour covering this country and Tajikistan.
President Gul said that diplomacy was being carried out to convince Armenian President Serzh Sargsian to a national match between Turkey and Armenia to be played in Turkey in October.
Gul defined Russia as a key country in settlement of Caucasian problems, and said this country had good will and was exerting efforts to solve problems.
On Iraq, Gul said the best interests of the central government of Iraq and the regional administration in north of Iraq were stability of the entire country.
Also speaking about the initiatives to clear landmines across Turkish-Syrian border, Gul said that the parliament would debate whether this was for the best interests of Turkey and then pass a law. Gul said that he would ratify the law if he thought it was for the best interests of Turkey.
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