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    TURKEY, AZERBAIJAN, LAUNCH JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES

    12:36, July 15, 2013

    The armies of Turkey and Azerbaijan launched joint military exercises
    on July 12 aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two
    countries, this according to a statement released by the Turkish
    General Staff.

    The exercises follow a statement made last week by Armenia's Prosecutor
    General Aghvan Hovsepyan in which he called for material compensation
    for the losses suffered by Armenians in 1915 and a return of Armenian
    Church properties in Turkey.

    Hovsepyan, during an address at the Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers held
    in Yerevan, also noted that the border between Armenia and Turkey had
    never been formally established and that lost Armenian lands should
    be returned to Armenia.

    Subsequent to Hovsepyan's statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry
    issued the following response:

    We deplore the declaration made by the Prosecutor General of Armenia,
    Aghvan Hovsepyan, during his presentation at the Pan-Armenian Forum
    of Lawyers held in Yerevan on 5-6 July 2013 - opened with the remarks
    of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan - that the border between
    Turkey and Armenia has never been legally established and that lost
    Armenian land should be returned to Armenia.

    Such a declaration made by an official occupying a position as
    important as that of Prosecutor General reflects the prevailing
    problematic mentality in Armenia as to the territorial integrity
    of its neighbor Turkey and to Turkish-Armenian relations and also
    contradicts the obligations it has undertaken towards the international
    organizations of which it is a member, particularly the UN and the
    OSCE. One should be well aware that no one can presume to claim land
    from Turkey.

    Land forces of the Turkey and Azerbaijan will be involved in the
    war games in which an infantry division will be involved in the Baku
    exercises and a mechanized infantry division will take part in the
    exercises in Nakhijevan.

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/28119/turkey-azerbaijan-launch-joint-military-exercises.html

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