Tweet
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
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