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TURKS, AZERBAIJANIS MUST WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES - ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT VICE-CHAIRMAN
news.am
June 07, 2012 | 15:24
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly Deputy Speaker Eduard
Sharmazanov reacted to Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu's statement, and
he released his own statement.
"Yesterday [Wednesday] Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made
yet another 'defining' statement, and said: 'When Armenia withdraws
from the occupied territories, it will be possible to establish ties
with it, too.'
Turkey persistently continues to disregard the international
obligations it has assumed and to distort reality. This comes to prove
yet again that today the concepts of Turkey and European integration
cannot be synonyms.
Yes, there are occupied territories, and the Turks and Azerbaijanis
themselves must withdraw from those occupied territories. By refreshing
the Turkish FM's memory, I should inform that his country has occupied
the northern sector of the Rep. of Cyprus, which is assuming EU
Chairmanship. Whereas Azerbaijan [is occupying] Shahumyan, Getashen,
Martunashen, which are the territory of the Artsakh [that is,
Nagorno-Karabakh] Republic.
I consider unacceptable Turkey's work method of speaking with
ultimatums, and reaffirm that we are determined to reach our national
objectives," Eduard Sharmazanov's statement reads in particular.
news.am
June 07, 2012 | 15:24
YEREVAN. - Armenia's National Assembly Deputy Speaker Eduard
Sharmazanov reacted to Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu's statement, and
he released his own statement.
"Yesterday [Wednesday] Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made
yet another 'defining' statement, and said: 'When Armenia withdraws
from the occupied territories, it will be possible to establish ties
with it, too.'
Turkey persistently continues to disregard the international
obligations it has assumed and to distort reality. This comes to prove
yet again that today the concepts of Turkey and European integration
cannot be synonyms.
Yes, there are occupied territories, and the Turks and Azerbaijanis
themselves must withdraw from those occupied territories. By refreshing
the Turkish FM's memory, I should inform that his country has occupied
the northern sector of the Rep. of Cyprus, which is assuming EU
Chairmanship. Whereas Azerbaijan [is occupying] Shahumyan, Getashen,
Martunashen, which are the territory of the Artsakh [that is,
Nagorno-Karabakh] Republic.
I consider unacceptable Turkey's work method of speaking with
ultimatums, and reaffirm that we are determined to reach our national
objectives," Eduard Sharmazanov's statement reads in particular.