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 Abdullah Gul of Turkey and Dmitry Medvedev of Russian Federation had a meeting in Astana on the sidelines of OSCE Summit, Turkish “Cumhuriyet” reports. The presidents had a panel discussion related to the conflicts of Caucasus region. President of Turkey underscored that the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian-Turkish relations and developments in Georgia have been intensified during Medvedev’s presidency.

“We surely have telephone discussions over these issues. Surely, Turkey is an important figure in the settlement of those issues,” Gul said adding that regional conflicts are a whole for him. According to him conflicts that Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan have are encouraged to be settled in that whole, which would greatly contribute to the regional countries. President of Turkey stated the current situation isn’t beneficial for neither Turkey, nor Armenia, nor Azerbaijan, nor Russia. “In this respect we share our opinions and will continue the negotiations.”

Referring to relations with Armenia, Gul said no process is dead, that they are determined to irrespective of anything. “We still are decisive and signify the settlement under everyone’s interests. Delay of those settlements is dangerous. We should remember incidents occurred between Russia and Georgia 2 years ago. Those things should be prevented,” President of Turkey said.