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AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN SPAT AT TURKISH CONFERENCE
news.az
Dec 9 2010
Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani diplomat has contradicted Armenian delegates at a
workshop in Turkey.
The conference was co-organized by the Center for International
Strategic Research (USAK) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for
Turkey on the theme "Turkish Armenian Relations: One Year after
the Protocols".
Although the Azerbaijani embassy had not been invited to the meeting,
diplomat Elsever Salmanov attended the conference and responded to
accusations made against Azerbaijan.
All the speeches seem to have provoked his ire.
Jan Senkyr, representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Turkey,
Prof. Dr Sedat Laciner of USAK and Retired Ambassador Omer Engin
Lutem all noted in their speeches that Turkish-Armenian relations were
currently "frozen" after the soccer diplomacy of 2008 that seemed to
signal the start of normalization of relations.
Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute, outlined
the incentives for both sides to keep on with dialogue. He noted
that the protocols signed by Turkey and Armenia made no mention of
the Karabakh conflict.
Dr Artak Shakaryan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation criticized
the Azerbaijani government's policy towards solution of the
Karabakh conflict: "Today, if we connect the normalization process
of Armenian-Turkish relations with the Karabakh problem, we will be
waiting till the bitter end."
The representative of the Azerbaijani embassy protested at the speeches
and the conference itself: 'It is much too early to organize such
conferences. You should be sure that today the Armenian administration
does not serve the interests of Armenian society and isolates its
country in the region. I do not believe that people living in tough
economic conditions in Armenia support Armenia's aggressive policy
against Azerbaijan. Unlike the Armenian government, the government
of Azerbaijan serves the interests of its people.
Azerbaijan develops day-by-day. Everyone says so - our friends and
enemies."
Prof. Dr Sedat Laciner said: "Last month I visited Azerbaijan. I could
not recognize Baku. Baku is no different from many European countries.
Azerbaijan achieved this wealth through regional projects.
"As long as Armenia continues this policy, it will stay out of
regional projects. My practice shows me that time is on the side of
the strong. It may be better if all regional states gather and discuss
mutual opportunities for beneficial cooperation. Azerbaijan-Turkey
relations remind me of relations between two brothers."
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Dec 9 2010
Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani diplomat has contradicted Armenian delegates at a
workshop in Turkey.
The conference was co-organized by the Center for International
Strategic Research (USAK) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for
Turkey on the theme "Turkish Armenian Relations: One Year after
the Protocols".
Although the Azerbaijani embassy had not been invited to the meeting,
diplomat Elsever Salmanov attended the conference and responded to
accusations made against Azerbaijan.
All the speeches seem to have provoked his ire.
Jan Senkyr, representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Turkey,
Prof. Dr Sedat Laciner of USAK and Retired Ambassador Omer Engin
Lutem all noted in their speeches that Turkish-Armenian relations were
currently "frozen" after the soccer diplomacy of 2008 that seemed to
signal the start of normalization of relations.
Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute, outlined
the incentives for both sides to keep on with dialogue. He noted
that the protocols signed by Turkey and Armenia made no mention of
the Karabakh conflict.
Dr Artak Shakaryan of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation criticized
the Azerbaijani government's policy towards solution of the
Karabakh conflict: "Today, if we connect the normalization process
of Armenian-Turkish relations with the Karabakh problem, we will be
waiting till the bitter end."
The representative of the Azerbaijani embassy protested at the speeches
and the conference itself: 'It is much too early to organize such
conferences. You should be sure that today the Armenian administration
does not serve the interests of Armenian society and isolates its
country in the region. I do not believe that people living in tough
economic conditions in Armenia support Armenia's aggressive policy
against Azerbaijan. Unlike the Armenian government, the government
of Azerbaijan serves the interests of its people.
Azerbaijan develops day-by-day. Everyone says so - our friends and
enemies."
Prof. Dr Sedat Laciner said: "Last month I visited Azerbaijan. I could
not recognize Baku. Baku is no different from many European countries.
Azerbaijan achieved this wealth through regional projects.
"As long as Armenia continues this policy, it will stay out of
regional projects. My practice shows me that time is on the side of
the strong. It may be better if all regional states gather and discuss
mutual opportunities for beneficial cooperation. Azerbaijan-Turkey
relations remind me of relations between two brothers."
From: A. Papazian