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TURKEY, AZERBAIJAN STRUGGLING FOR UNITY OF TURKIC WORLD
World Bulletin, Turkey
June 13 2014
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that countries that have
common roots, need to form close ties with each other
World Bulletin/News Desk
Turkey reaffirms its support to Azerbaijan in the struggle with
Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and aims to find
a peaceful resolution to the 20-year conflict, Turkey's Parliament
Speaker said at meeting with Azerbaijani President on Friday.
Cemil Cicek, Turkey's Parliament Speaker spoke at a Parliamentary
Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA) Five Plenary Session,
hosted by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in Baku.
"In TURKPA, we never refrain from supporting the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and in support of concerted action against the Armenian
occupation," said Cicek, adding that Turkey continues to struggle to
find a peaceful solution to solve the dispute in Azerbaijan.
Efforts to reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict, which lasted
20 years, have so far failed and the two countries remain without
diplomatic relations. Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet
republics, fought a war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh
in the 1990s.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that countries that have
common roots, need to form close ties with each other, and ultimately
the major aim of all Turkic republics is the unity of the Turkic world.
Aliyev said, "There is no other country, except Turkey and Azerbaijan,
struggling for the unity of the Turkic world," and added "We are one
nation, two states."
Cicek spoke on the plight of the Crimean Tatars, "We will not recognize
the de facto annexation attempt of Crimea. We will give importance
to the security of Crimean Tatars."
Russia annexed Crimea on 21 March. Many Tatars felt insecure after
the annexation, which stirred memories of their mass deportation
in 1944 under Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The deportation in which
around 250,000 Crimean Tatars - including women and children - were
taken from their homes and forced to migrate to areas thousands of
kilometers away from Crimea facing hunger and thirst on their way.
Aliyev also received committees from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
separately.
World Bulletin, Turkey
June 13 2014
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that countries that have
common roots, need to form close ties with each other
World Bulletin/News Desk
Turkey reaffirms its support to Azerbaijan in the struggle with
Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and aims to find
a peaceful resolution to the 20-year conflict, Turkey's Parliament
Speaker said at meeting with Azerbaijani President on Friday.
Cemil Cicek, Turkey's Parliament Speaker spoke at a Parliamentary
Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA) Five Plenary Session,
hosted by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in Baku.
"In TURKPA, we never refrain from supporting the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and in support of concerted action against the Armenian
occupation," said Cicek, adding that Turkey continues to struggle to
find a peaceful solution to solve the dispute in Azerbaijan.
Efforts to reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict, which lasted
20 years, have so far failed and the two countries remain without
diplomatic relations. Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet
republics, fought a war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh
in the 1990s.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that countries that have
common roots, need to form close ties with each other, and ultimately
the major aim of all Turkic republics is the unity of the Turkic world.
Aliyev said, "There is no other country, except Turkey and Azerbaijan,
struggling for the unity of the Turkic world," and added "We are one
nation, two states."
Cicek spoke on the plight of the Crimean Tatars, "We will not recognize
the de facto annexation attempt of Crimea. We will give importance
to the security of Crimean Tatars."
Russia annexed Crimea on 21 March. Many Tatars felt insecure after
the annexation, which stirred memories of their mass deportation
in 1944 under Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The deportation in which
around 250,000 Crimean Tatars - including women and children - were
taken from their homes and forced to migrate to areas thousands of
kilometers away from Crimea facing hunger and thirst on their way.
Aliyev also received committees from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
separately.