Turkish Foreign Minister Says His Country Is Ready For Dialogue With Armenia

ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday that Ankara was ready for dialogue with Yerevan to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia.
"Armenia now has a new government and I have sent a letter to the new Armenian counterpart expressing that Turkey is ready for dialogue in order to normalize its relations with Armenia," Babacan told a joint press meeting with his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
"Turkey wants to see peace, stability, security and prosperity in its region but as you know our relations with Armenia do not fit into that formula. We have problems, and the only way to solve these problems is through dialogue. Our doors are open to dialogue in the new period ahead," he said.
(YMB-MS)