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  • BAKU: World Congress Of Azerbaijani Youth Calls On Turkish President

    WORLD CONGRESS OF AZERBAIJANI YOUTH CALLS ON TURKISH PRESIDENT NOT TO VISIT ARMENIA

    Trend News Agency
    Sept 3 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 September/ TrendNews, I. Alizade/ The World
    Congress of Azerbaijani Youth calls on Turkish President Abdullah Gul
    not to visit Armenia and continue to take principal position. "We
    protest against Turkish President Abdullah Gul's visit to Armenia
    and believe that the Turkish government should refrain from this move
    which has been adopted under the influence of a number of states and
    Armenian lobby as well," the statement released by the issued by the
    World Congress of Azerbaijani Youth said.

    The Armenian President Serj Sarkisyan invited Turkish President Gul
    to Yerevan to take part in a football match of Turkish and Armenian
    teams to be held on 6 September.

    The Azerbaijani, Turkish and Armenian communities are observing
    closely whether invitation of Armenian President will be accepted or
    turned down.

    There are no any diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey
    with Armenia-Turkey border being closed since 1993 at the initiative
    of official Ankara. Ankara calls on Armenia to give up the policy of
    recognition of "Armenian genocide" allegedly committed during Ottoman
    Empire on the international level, to recognize Turkey's borders and
    free occupied lands of Azerbaijan.

    The Congress says Gul's visit will affect millions of Azerbaijanis
    who lost their relatives during war in Karabakh and. "The visit
    will seriously affect our relations which have been maintained and
    developed for years".

    The statement said the aim of visit of Gul who is going to negotiate
    with Armenians.
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