ANKARA: Unless The Issue Of NK Gets Resolved, It Is Impossible For O

[Andres-Papazian]

UNLESS THE ISSUE OF UPPER KARABAKH GETS RESOLVED, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA TO GET NORMALIZED, SAYS ERDOGAN

Anadolu Agency
May 1 2011
Turkey

IGDIR (A.A) -01.05.2011 -Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development
(AK) Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that
"unless the issue of Upper Karabakh gets resolved, it was impossible
for our relations with Armenia to get normalized".

Speaking at a public rally in eastern province of Igdir on Sunday,
Erdogan said that Azerbaijan's sadness and happiness were the sadness
and happiness of Turkey.

I want to say one more time in Igdir. Unless the issue of Upper
Karabakh gets resolved, it is impossible for our relations to be
normal with Armenia, Erdogan said.

As of the day of their establishment, we have been behind Azerbaijan
and Upper Karabakh. We will continue to stand behind them always. No
one should expect otherwise, Erdogan also said.




From: A. Papazian