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December 23, 2010 Thursday 7:26 PM GMT +4
Turkish president: Azerbaijan's occupied lands must be liberated (UPDATE)
Editor's note: updated after first paragraph
Azerbaijan's lands must be liberated from the Armenian occupation,
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at the press conference in
Istanbul, the CNN Turk TV channel reported.
"Firstly Azerbaijan's lands must be liberated from the occupation and
Azerbaijani refugees must return to their mother lands in order to
resolve the problems in Caucasus," Gul said.
Gul also said that Turkey wants relations to be good with all neighbors.
"Armenia is also Turkey's neighbor, and therefore, significant steps
have been taken to normalize relations with Armenia," the President
said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian
December 23, 2010 Thursday 7:26 PM GMT +4
Turkish president: Azerbaijan's occupied lands must be liberated (UPDATE)
Editor's note: updated after first paragraph
Azerbaijan's lands must be liberated from the Armenian occupation,
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at the press conference in
Istanbul, the CNN Turk TV channel reported.
"Firstly Azerbaijan's lands must be liberated from the occupation and
Azerbaijani refugees must return to their mother lands in order to
resolve the problems in Caucasus," Gul said.
Gul also said that Turkey wants relations to be good with all neighbors.
"Armenia is also Turkey's neighbor, and therefore, significant steps
have been taken to normalize relations with Armenia," the President
said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian