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Anadolu Agency, Turkey
June 13 2014
Turkish speaker says Crimean annexation unacceptable
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) - 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 kilometres
away from Crimea facing hunger and thirst on their way.
Aliyev also received committees from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan separately.
June 13 2014
Turkish speaker says Crimean annexation unacceptable
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) - 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 kilometres
away from Crimea facing hunger and thirst on their way.
Aliyev also received committees from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan separately.