Azerbaijan, Baku, 4 August / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi/ Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babajan stated his country supports the mediation of Minsk Group on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"We support peace settlement with the co-chairmanship of the United States, Russia and France," Babajan said at a press conference in Ankara on 4 August.
Babajan did not answer whether ongoing occupation of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia would affect Turkey's admission to the European Union. He mentioned there is another format of settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, i.e. Minsk Group's work.
Minister said Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan negotiated in June. Babajan hoped for progress to result from the negotiations.
"Demographic structure of the region and the events which has taken place in recent five-ten years must be taken into account during settling of the conflict. We support peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict with the mediation of the Minsk Group and hope the countries will achieve an agreement," said Babajan.
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