TBILISI, March 16, 2004. (RIA Novosti) -- Turkey hopes for a peaceful settlement of Tbilisi-Batumi conflict.
"Turkey expects the Georgian authorities and the Adzharian autonomous republic to overcome tensions by reasonable and peaceful means in accordance with the democratization process, which is successfully developing in Georgia," the Turkish Embassy in Georgia said on March 16.
"Turkey follows the developments in Georgia and is ready to help the sides overcome the existing tensions," the embassy stressed.