Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday the “normalization process” between Turkey and Armenia and Minsk Group’s efforts to solve the Azerbaijani-Armenian dispute have created a positive atmosphere in the Caucasus.
Speaking to Turkish reporters following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Davutoglu said that his visit’s timing was crucial.
Since I have assumed the post of Turkish Foreign Minister, I have been trying to visit countries to which we attach great importance. Accordingly, I had talks in the States and Germany. I visited Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Within such a framework, I paid a one day working visit to Russia and had a chance to go over our relations with Lavrov, Davutoglu said. Referring to Turkish-Russian relations, Davutoglu stressed that there is no political problem between the two countries.
There is a will on both sides to resolve certain technical and bureaucratic problems, Davutoglu said. In response to a question on Cyprus, Davutoglu said that Lavrov and he discussed the issue of Cyprus. Russia is a member of the United Nations Security Council. We consider Cyprus to be a matter of the U.N. and do not think that it would be appropriate to carry Cyprus to another platform. Turkey and Russia share same viewpoints on Cyprus. The Russians also think that Cyprus should be resolved within the boundaries of the U.N., Davutoglu said.
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