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Baku eyes steps for Armenia-Turkey conciliation
Tert.am
06.08.11
Azerbaijan is closely monitoring the upcoming steps between Armenian
and Turkish NGOs as part of confidence-building measures between the
two countries, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.
These measures, it added, include starting a direct Turkish Airlines,
or THY, flight between Yerevan and Van.
Azerbaijan would react if those steps could harm their national
security, an Azerbaijan official said.
"We do not intend to interfere in the foreign affairs of any country,
but if those developments harm our national security, we could debate
them [with Turkey]," Elhan Polukhov, spokesperson for the Azerbaijan
Foreign Ministry told the paper on Friday.
Asked if Baku has conveyed to Ankara any reservations on the plans,
Polukhov said, "Those steps have not been realized yet. [We could
put reserves] if they take place and we can debate them."
Turkish and Armenian civil society groups are planning to introduce a
set of confidence-building measures as part of normalization efforts
between the two countries. One of the plans is the first direct
Yerevan-Van flight, which will be carried out on Sept. 11, on the day
a religion service is planned to be held at the Sourb Khach Church
(Saint Cross) in Van.
"We have not provided a plane for the first flight on Sept. 11 yet.
Also we are waiting for Turkish authorities' permission for the
flight," Abdullah Tuncdemir, member of Van Trade-Industry Chamber
Council, told the Daily News.
The second plan involves THY opening an office in Yerevan.
Turkey has briefed Baku regarding the Turkish and Armenian NGOs'
plans and their meeting in July with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told the Daily News.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit
to Baku recently. Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov
had a meeting with Davutoglu in Ankara on Thursday.
Discussions with Azimov centered mainly on the issue of the
Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents' last meeting in Kazan on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In reference to the meeting, the Azerbaijani
side said it did not play a part in causing the Kazan meeting to fail.
Turkey urges the US to compel the parties to move further in the talks,
the diplomat said.
Tert.am
06.08.11
Azerbaijan is closely monitoring the upcoming steps between Armenian
and Turkish NGOs as part of confidence-building measures between the
two countries, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.
These measures, it added, include starting a direct Turkish Airlines,
or THY, flight between Yerevan and Van.
Azerbaijan would react if those steps could harm their national
security, an Azerbaijan official said.
"We do not intend to interfere in the foreign affairs of any country,
but if those developments harm our national security, we could debate
them [with Turkey]," Elhan Polukhov, spokesperson for the Azerbaijan
Foreign Ministry told the paper on Friday.
Asked if Baku has conveyed to Ankara any reservations on the plans,
Polukhov said, "Those steps have not been realized yet. [We could
put reserves] if they take place and we can debate them."
Turkish and Armenian civil society groups are planning to introduce a
set of confidence-building measures as part of normalization efforts
between the two countries. One of the plans is the first direct
Yerevan-Van flight, which will be carried out on Sept. 11, on the day
a religion service is planned to be held at the Sourb Khach Church
(Saint Cross) in Van.
"We have not provided a plane for the first flight on Sept. 11 yet.
Also we are waiting for Turkish authorities' permission for the
flight," Abdullah Tuncdemir, member of Van Trade-Industry Chamber
Council, told the Daily News.
The second plan involves THY opening an office in Yerevan.
Turkey has briefed Baku regarding the Turkish and Armenian NGOs'
plans and their meeting in July with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told the Daily News.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit
to Baku recently. Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov
had a meeting with Davutoglu in Ankara on Thursday.
Discussions with Azimov centered mainly on the issue of the
Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents' last meeting in Kazan on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In reference to the meeting, the Azerbaijani
side said it did not play a part in causing the Kazan meeting to fail.
Turkey urges the US to compel the parties to move further in the talks,
the diplomat said.