Turkey’s top foreign affairs diplomat, Ahmet Davutoglu met on Thursday with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov in Kiev to discuss the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and future steps to be taken regarding regional peace and stability.
Diplomatic sources say the two ministers met in Brussels for a NATO meeting but met again following Memmedyarov’s meeting on Wednesday in Kiev with Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan. Sources also say that the ministers agreed on close coordination between Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Davutoglu is in the Ukrainian capital to attend a council of ministers meeting held by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Davutoglu also held a meeting with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov yesterday to discuss efforts in obtaining regional peace in the Caucasus region.
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