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BAKU URGES ANKARA NOT TO REPEAT 2009 'MISTAKE' OF RESTORING TIES WITH YEREVAN
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10:29 21.09.2013
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey
The chief of the foreign relations department of the Azerbaijani
Presidency urges Ankara not to repeat the 2009 'mistake' of attempting
to open borders with Armenia.
A senior Azeri official has urged Turkey not to repeat the 2009
"mistake" of attempting to open borders with Armenia, underlining
that they are suspicious of similar efforts to revive the stalled
process between Ankara and Yerevan.
"There are such attempts [for the revival of the Ankara-Yerevan
process] these days. I am hopeful and sure that the Turkish leadership
will not take steps contrary to the will of Azerbaijanand the
Azerbaijani people," Novroz Mammadov, chief of the foreign relations
department of the Azerbaijani Presidency, told the Hurriyet Daily
News in an interview.
Without further elaborating on what these attempts were, Mammadov
said he was talking about "possibilities" rather than concrete moves.
Approached by the Daily News, Turkish diplomatic sources said there
were no intentions for the revival of the reconciliation process
and that Turkey's position vis-a-vis the Nagorno-Karabkh issue had
not changed.
"A step was taken in 2009. An agreement was signed between Turkey
and Armenia under the monitoring of six foreign ministers. It was
not possible to implement this agreement because it was unfair,"
Mammadov said. "We do not want it to occur a second time."
"We are grateful for Turkey's support to Azerbaijan with regard to
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. We are regretful because of the failure
of the international community's efforts to resolve the problem since
the early 1990s," he said.
President İlham Aliyev's adviser underlined that Baku was not in fact
against Turkey opening its borders with Armenia but that such a move
should follow a step taken by Yerevan with regard to Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Http://Www.Armradio.Am/En/2013/09/21/Baku-Urges-Ankara-Not-To-Repeat-2009-Mistake-Of-Restoring-Ties-With-Yerevan/
10:29 21.09.2013
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey
The chief of the foreign relations department of the Azerbaijani
Presidency urges Ankara not to repeat the 2009 'mistake' of attempting
to open borders with Armenia.
A senior Azeri official has urged Turkey not to repeat the 2009
"mistake" of attempting to open borders with Armenia, underlining
that they are suspicious of similar efforts to revive the stalled
process between Ankara and Yerevan.
"There are such attempts [for the revival of the Ankara-Yerevan
process] these days. I am hopeful and sure that the Turkish leadership
will not take steps contrary to the will of Azerbaijanand the
Azerbaijani people," Novroz Mammadov, chief of the foreign relations
department of the Azerbaijani Presidency, told the Hurriyet Daily
News in an interview.
Without further elaborating on what these attempts were, Mammadov
said he was talking about "possibilities" rather than concrete moves.
Approached by the Daily News, Turkish diplomatic sources said there
were no intentions for the revival of the reconciliation process
and that Turkey's position vis-a-vis the Nagorno-Karabkh issue had
not changed.
"A step was taken in 2009. An agreement was signed between Turkey
and Armenia under the monitoring of six foreign ministers. It was
not possible to implement this agreement because it was unfair,"
Mammadov said. "We do not want it to occur a second time."
"We are grateful for Turkey's support to Azerbaijan with regard to
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. We are regretful because of the failure
of the international community's efforts to resolve the problem since
the early 1990s," he said.
President İlham Aliyev's adviser underlined that Baku was not in fact
against Turkey opening its borders with Armenia but that such a move
should follow a step taken by Yerevan with regard to Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress