ISTANBUL (CIHAN) - Turkish Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül met with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday and he said that the region countries must develop a new strategic vision for the Caucasians.
Gül met with the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister, Elmar Mamadyarov and the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vardan Oskaryan within the framework of NATO Summit in Istanbul. Gül made a statement after 45-minute talk and he said that the peace and stability issue in Caucasians drawed attention of the international community. "EU and NATO is creating a new strategy for the Southern Caucasian and also a new strategic vision must be developed."
Gül stated that, "The sides have met second times and discussed the collaboration opportunities. We took decision to continue the talks."
Oskaryan also made a statement and he said that they met with Gül and discussed the border gate between Turkey and Armenia and the Nagorno Karabag issue. He said that he was satisfied from this negotiation but the meaning of that is not that the border gate will open.