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  • BAKU: Turkish FM: "Armenia's Occupying Azerbaijani Lands Keeps The B

    TURKISH FM: "ARMENIA'S OCCUPYING AZERBAIJANI LANDS KEEPS THE BORDERS CLOSED"

    Today, Azerbaijan
    Sept 12 2006

    Official Ankara announced that at least 40 thousand Armenians are
    working in Turkey.

    Turkish Foreign Ministry sent a letter related to the report released
    by the European Parliament foreign affairs commission on Turkey,
    APA's Eastern Europe bureau reports.

    The 22-page letter gives a detailed reply to the report drawn up by
    Kamiel Eurlings, Dutch Christian-Democratic Party representative
    at the European Parliament. The letter is addressed to European
    parliamentarians defending Ankara during the discussion of the report
    and to the Parliament political forces' coordinators on Turkey.

    Though it was an informative document, Ankara issued a political
    statement declaring that it will not accept any status by full member
    of the European Union.

    The letter also touches on the Cyprus problem, Armenian problem and
    Kurdish matter. It says that Turkey is the second state that recognized
    Armenia's independence after Latvia. It also reads the trade turnover
    with Armenia reached to $120 million, and 40,000 Armenians are working
    in Turkey.

    "Despite all these, Armenia's position is regrettable. Armenia has not
    yet replied to Turkey's offer to establish a commission of historians
    from both countries. The European Parliament can influence Armenia
    regarding this matter. As coming to closed border with Armenia, this
    is because of Armenia's occupying Azerbaijani province of Nagorno
    Karabakh and refusing to recognize current borders of Turkey," the
    letter underlines.

    URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/30052.html
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