Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented the government program in the parliament touching upon the Karabakh peace process and Armenian-Turkish relations.

Erdogan stressed that peace and stability in the South Caucasus are strategic priorities for Turkey, Anadolu news agency reports.

“Turkey will take efforts to establish stability and progress in the South Caucasus to put an end to ‘occupation of Karabakh and Azerbaijani lands’ which will normalize relations between friendly societies of Caucasus,” he said.

The government believes atmosphere of peace, also in Armenian-Turkish relations, should be created in Caucasus.