Before his departure for Azerbaijan late Sunday, Babacan told reporters at Ankara's Esenboga Airport that he would hold talks in Azerbaijan's capital Baku and then proceed to Brussels for a NATO ministerial meeting. Babacan said he would later travel to Finland's capital Helsinki for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from Brussels.

"There is an ongoing process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. And also there is a parallel process between Turkey and Armenia," Babacan recalled.

"Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers will come together on the sidelines of an OSCE meeting together with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs," Babacan said. "Following this meeting, I will have separate meetings with the two ministers."

Babacan also said that there was no date set for a tripartite meeting of the ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Babacan is scheduled to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Parliament Speaker Oktai Asadov and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.


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