TURKISH ENVOY URGES AZERIS TO STOP ANTI-ARMENIAN PROTESTS
Trend news agency
10 Sep 04
Baku, 10 September, Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: Creating obstacles
to the participation of Armenian military officers in (Baku-hosted)
NATO exercises is not good for Azerbaijan's further cooperation with
the alliance, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Ahmet Unal Cevikoz
has told Trend news agency.
"Azerbaijan has assumed a number of commitments within the framework
of NATO's Partnership for Peace programme. One of the commitments is
to create conditions for the participation of representatives of NATO
member countries and partners," the diplomat said.
The ambassador said that given that Armenia had asked for permission
to take part in the exercises, Azerbaijan should create appropriate
conditions for them.
(Azerbaijan's ANS TV reported at 1600 gmt on 9 September that a
group of Azerbaijani Karabakh war veterans in Naxcivan appealed to
the Turkish authorities to support their protest against the visit
by Armenian servicemen.)
Trend news agency
10 Sep 04
Baku, 10 September, Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: Creating obstacles
to the participation of Armenian military officers in (Baku-hosted)
NATO exercises is not good for Azerbaijan's further cooperation with
the alliance, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Ahmet Unal Cevikoz
has told Trend news agency.
"Azerbaijan has assumed a number of commitments within the framework
of NATO's Partnership for Peace programme. One of the commitments is
to create conditions for the participation of representatives of NATO
member countries and partners," the diplomat said.
The ambassador said that given that Armenia had asked for permission
to take part in the exercises, Azerbaijan should create appropriate
conditions for them.
(Azerbaijan's ANS TV reported at 1600 gmt on 9 September that a
group of Azerbaijani Karabakh war veterans in Naxcivan appealed to
the Turkish authorities to support their protest against the visit
by Armenian servicemen.)