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    BAKU BACKS ANKARA ON OPENING OF BORDERS

    news.az
    May 3 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Elkhan Polukhov The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has commented on
    remarks by the Turkish foreign minister that Ankara is keen to see
    all borders open.

    'Azerbaijan is also in favour of opening and unblocking all the borders
    in the region,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said today.

    'However, for Azerbaijan to open its border with Armenia, the
    Armenian armed forces must withdraw from the occupied territories and
    Azerbaijani displaced persons must return there. This is the basic
    condition for Azerbaijan to open borders with Armenia. In addition,
    these steps are consistent with resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    conflict over Karabakh and establishing peace and stability in the
    region,' Polukhov said.

    On 1 May, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addressed a
    conference at Oxford University on 'Turkey's foreign policy in a
    changing world'. 'Of course we want to open our border because we want
    full integration with our neighbours,' Davutoglu said in his keynote
    speech. '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.'
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