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    AZERI DIPLOMAT SAYS ARMENIAN-TURKISH TIES HINGE ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

    Mediamax
    April 16 2009
    Armenia

    Official stance of Azerbaijan is that "normalization of
    Armenian-Turkish relations is possible only if the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    conflict is settled".

    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammadquliyev
    said this in Yerevan today [16 April], answering the question of
    Mediamax on the attitude of official Baku towards efforts of Armenia
    and Turkey to normalize relations.

    Mahmud Mammadquliyev is in Yerevan to participate in the session
    of Foreign Ministers' Council of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
    Organization (BSEC).

    "We consider contacts between Armenia and Turkey to be internal affairs
    of these countries. On the other hand, taking into account the factor
    of the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict, we follow this dialogue with
    interest and believe that relations between Armenia and Turkey cannot
    be re-established without settlement of Karabakh conflict. We believe
    that these issues should be related to each other. This is our stance,"
    Mahmud Mammadquliyev stated, answering the question of Mediamax.

    Let's note that in November, 2008, answering the question in an
    interview to Mediamax on Baku's attitude towards efforts to establish
    a political dialogue between Armenia and Turkey, Foreign Minister
    of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov stated: "These are relations of two
    sovereign states and we would like to hope that the fact will have a
    positive influence on establishing peace and stability in the South
    Caucasus."
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