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ANKARA KEEN TO SEE AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN BORDER OPEN
news.az
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Ahmet Davutoglu The Turkish foreign minister has delivered a keynote
lecture in Britain on Ankara's foreign policy in a changing world.
Ahmet Davutoglu outlined Turkey's foreign policy in terms of old
alignments and new neighbourhoods at an international conference at
the University of Oxford on 1 May.
Delivering the keynote lecture at the conference which had the theme
'Turkey's foreign policy in a changing world', Davutoglu said that
Ankara wanted to open the border with Armenia and reiterated that
the Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute must be settled for stability in
the region.
'...Of course we want to open our border because we want full
integration with our neighbours. However, it would not be enough to
open the Turkish-Armenian border. We also want the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border to be opened so that regional stability can be restored,'
Davutoglu said.
Commenting on Middle East developments, Davutoglu said that incidents
in Gaza could not be tolerated.
The foreign minister also recalled that Turkey had cancelled military
exercises previously planned with Israel and said that war games
would not be conducted if military tension persisted.
news.az
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Ahmet Davutoglu The Turkish foreign minister has delivered a keynote
lecture in Britain on Ankara's foreign policy in a changing world.
Ahmet Davutoglu outlined Turkey's foreign policy in terms of old
alignments and new neighbourhoods at an international conference at
the University of Oxford on 1 May.
Delivering the keynote lecture at the conference which had the theme
'Turkey's foreign policy in a changing world', Davutoglu said that
Ankara wanted to open the border with Armenia and reiterated that
the Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute must be settled for stability in
the region.
'...Of course we want to open our border because we want full
integration with our neighbours. However, it would not be enough to
open the Turkish-Armenian border. We also want the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border to be opened so that regional stability can be restored,'
Davutoglu said.
Commenting on Middle East developments, Davutoglu said that incidents
in Gaza could not be tolerated.
The foreign minister also recalled that Turkey had cancelled military
exercises previously planned with Israel and said that war games
would not be conducted if military tension persisted.