NEW YORK, Feb 1 (A.A) - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem who is in New York, the United States to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) met with Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev.
Sources said on Friday that Aliyev had informed Cem on his latest visit to Russia and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sources said that Cem and Aliyev had expressed their opinion that ''everything was on track'' at the meeting during which they had also discussed the latest situation of Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Speaking to the A.A correspondent, diplomatic sources said that Turkey had a positive regard for the United States' and Russia's points of view toward Caucasus within scope of the fight against terrorism after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Sources said that Cem and Aliyev had also taken up the Karabakh issue but they had stated that there had not been any progress in the issue.
Cem is expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou the same day.
Foreign Minister Cem will have a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Macedonian Foreign Minister Srdjan Kerim on Saturday.