Albania's newly-elected government of Fatos Nano is to proceed to a series of changes, among them endowing the country's foreign policy with a European orientation, according to the future Foreign Minister Paskal Milo. The Turkish Ambassador to London Ozdem Saberg has expressed his conviction that the communique signed in Madrid between the Greek Premier Kostas Simitis and the Turkish President Suleiman Demirel will mark the beginning of improvement in the Greek- Turkish relations. Mr. Saberg stated that the Madrid Communique constitutes a significant development since there will be no unilateral acts in the Aegean. There is a clear framework which determines the Aegean's status quo, based on the Lausanne Accord of 1923, as well as based on other agrements, following 1923 which have been ratified by Turkey and Greece. I am certain that the relations between the two countries will improve.
Turkey aims for pace and stability.
Its aim is to achieve friendship with Greece and we have always tried to get this message across, a message of dialogue and friendship to the Greeks. This means that Greece and Turkey should try and reach a settlement through dialogue, negotiations, making good use of the services of a third country or a mediator, and, indeed, seeking recourse at the International Court. All of these ways are acceptable and necessary. But we must only count on one specific process. In regards to the Cyprus issue, the Turkish Ambassador expressed the hope that the direct talks between the President of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides and the leader of the Turkish-Cypriots Rauf Denktash.