The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey met in “stanbul on Sunday evening for an unofficial meeting, during which they reaffirmed the neighboring countries’ understanding of “one nation, two states.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto“lu and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, were together for a
“We have reviewed all developments in the region with the understanding of „one nation, two states,’ as we have always done. We have together discussed the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the recent period, the other developments in the region and, in addition, the developments in our bilateral relations, which are proceeding extremely well. This was not an officially planned meeting,“ Davuto”lu was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency as the two responded to questions from reporters following the dinner.
After decades of hostility, Turkey and Armenia announced in April a “roadmap” for
Davuto“lu was reminded of remarks by his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian, who had said Yerevan expects Ankara to take new steps for the normalization of bilateral ties and was asked to elaborate on those possible steps.
“I have always said, „Steps are steps that should be taken mutually.’ As Turkey, our eventual goal is maintaining permanent stability, peace and welfare in the region. This doesn’t take place via unilateral steps. All parties should take steps with goodwill. Turkey has shown in the past that it will take steps with goodwill toward the entire region. But permanent peace can be maintained in case of mutually taking these steps. Indeed, we have dealt with these issues,“ Davuto”lu replied.
Mammadyarov, who described his meeting with Davuto“lu as “very important and good,” was asked about the current phase of negotiations between Baku and Yerevan.
Mammadyarov said negotiations were still under way and that his country expected Yerevan to end its occupation of Azerbaijani land at the end of these negotiations.
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