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TURKEY REBUKES ARMENIA FOR LAND CLAIM
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 18 2013
BAKU
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (R) gets a briefing from a Turkish
soldier in front of a map showing an Ottoman campaign in Baku's
Martyrs Square. AA photo
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (R) gets a briefing from a Turkish
soldier in front of a map showing an Ottoman campaign in Baku's Martyrs
Square. AA photo Armenia should know the limits of its capacity,
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Yerevan yesterday, referring
to territorial claims recently made by the country's prosecutor
general, as he paid a one-day visit to neighboring Azerbaijan at a
critical time.
The foreign minister called on "those who dare to take a pebble
from Turkey" to know their limits, according to remarks carried out
by Anadolu Agency. "Apart from offering such a thing, it is out of
question to think about it," the top diplomat said.
The prosecutor general of Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepyan, recently said
Armenia should re-obtain its lost territories as the 100th anniversary
of the 1915 killings at the hands of the Ottomans approaches. The
Turkish Foreign Ministry had expressed fury at Hovsepyan's declaration
that the border between Turkey and Armenia has never been legally
established and that lost Armenian land should be returned to Armenia.
Davutoglu said the statements made by the Armenian officials over the
issue were the product of "delirium," arguing that possible peace in
the Caucasus was only possible where all parties know their limits and
boundaries. "I invite all to common sense. The territorial integrity
of Turkey and Azerbaijan is pivotal for us."
Davutoglu paid a one-day visit to Baku yesterday to hold discussions
with Azerbaijani officials. According to Azerbaijan media reports,
Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan's foreign minister, gave information to
his Turkish counterpart about a July 12 Vienna meeting with the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs, which is trying to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue. He emphasized that Azerbaijan supports the idea of holding
a meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Anadolu Agency also published a photo showing Davutoglu being briefed
by a Turkish military attaché over the Caucasus Battle. The battle
consisted of armed conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian
Empire in 1918 during World War I. The land warfare was accompanied by
Russian naval activity in the Black Sea region of the Ottoman Empire.
The visit also came as the Turkish and Azerbaijani armies launched
joint military exercises on July 12 that will run in Baku and
Nakhchivan until July 28. The land forces of the two countries will
be involved in the war games; an infantry division will be involved
in the Baku exercises, while a mechanized infantry division will take
part in the exercises in Nakhchivan. In the region, Russia and Iran
are also planning to conduct a joint naval exercise in the Caspian
Sea in the second half of 2013.
Davutoglu's visit coincides with a project to carry gas from
Azerbaijan through Turkey and Greece to Europe as part of the
Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline (TAP), which was officially confirmed last
month.
July/18/2013
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 18 2013
BAKU
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (R) gets a briefing from a Turkish
soldier in front of a map showing an Ottoman campaign in Baku's
Martyrs Square. AA photo
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (R) gets a briefing from a Turkish
soldier in front of a map showing an Ottoman campaign in Baku's Martyrs
Square. AA photo Armenia should know the limits of its capacity,
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Yerevan yesterday, referring
to territorial claims recently made by the country's prosecutor
general, as he paid a one-day visit to neighboring Azerbaijan at a
critical time.
The foreign minister called on "those who dare to take a pebble
from Turkey" to know their limits, according to remarks carried out
by Anadolu Agency. "Apart from offering such a thing, it is out of
question to think about it," the top diplomat said.
The prosecutor general of Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepyan, recently said
Armenia should re-obtain its lost territories as the 100th anniversary
of the 1915 killings at the hands of the Ottomans approaches. The
Turkish Foreign Ministry had expressed fury at Hovsepyan's declaration
that the border between Turkey and Armenia has never been legally
established and that lost Armenian land should be returned to Armenia.
Davutoglu said the statements made by the Armenian officials over the
issue were the product of "delirium," arguing that possible peace in
the Caucasus was only possible where all parties know their limits and
boundaries. "I invite all to common sense. The territorial integrity
of Turkey and Azerbaijan is pivotal for us."
Davutoglu paid a one-day visit to Baku yesterday to hold discussions
with Azerbaijani officials. According to Azerbaijan media reports,
Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijan's foreign minister, gave information to
his Turkish counterpart about a July 12 Vienna meeting with the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs, which is trying to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue. He emphasized that Azerbaijan supports the idea of holding
a meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Anadolu Agency also published a photo showing Davutoglu being briefed
by a Turkish military attaché over the Caucasus Battle. The battle
consisted of armed conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian
Empire in 1918 during World War I. The land warfare was accompanied by
Russian naval activity in the Black Sea region of the Ottoman Empire.
The visit also came as the Turkish and Azerbaijani armies launched
joint military exercises on July 12 that will run in Baku and
Nakhchivan until July 28. The land forces of the two countries will
be involved in the war games; an infantry division will be involved
in the Baku exercises, while a mechanized infantry division will take
part in the exercises in Nakhchivan. In the region, Russia and Iran
are also planning to conduct a joint naval exercise in the Caspian
Sea in the second half of 2013.
Davutoglu's visit coincides with a project to carry gas from
Azerbaijan through Turkey and Greece to Europe as part of the
Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline (TAP), which was officially confirmed last
month.
July/18/2013
From: A. Papazian