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Erdogan Says NATO 'Obliged' to Side with Baku
Friday, September 5th, 2014
http://asbarez.com/126681/erdogan-says-nato-%E2%80%98obliged%E2%80%99-to-side-with-baku/
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past world leaders,
including his Armenian and Azeri counterparts Serzh Sarkisian and
Ilham Aliyev, at a NATO summit in Wales
NEWPORT, Wales (Vestnik Kavkaza)--NATO is obliged to fulfill the
promises it has given to Azerbaijan, the President of Turkey Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said Friday at a NATO meeting in Wales. "The resolution
of the Karabakh conflict within the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan is of great importance, and this conflict should be
resolved," Erdogan said.
Turkish experts told Vestnik Kavkaza that peace in the South Caucasus
is very important to the new leadership of Turkey.
An expert on war and terrorism, Khaldun Yalcin Kaya, said that Turkey
intends to participate actively in the conflict, taking into account
the fact that Azerbaijan is its strategic partner.
A senior lecturer at the Department of International Relations,
University of Economics and Technology TOBB (Ankara), Togrul Ismail,
said that the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh "would
contribute to the development of Turkey."
Responding to Turkey's vows to protect Azerbaijan, Armenia's President
Serzh Sarkisian challenged NATO on Thursday, saying either peace will
prevail in Karabakh or the continued threats of war will mar security
in the region.
Saying that the Armenian people have felt threats to security on their
skins and know the value of regional stability, Sarkisian said that
those were the two options as NATO is scheduled to adopt a document
Friday "that will be related to the security of my people and peace in
our region."
"There are two options. Either [the NATO Summit] will adopt the
language of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is the only specialized
international structure dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict --
language that was proposed and supported by the Co-Chair countries
that are represented here by France and the United States of America --
or, upon the lobbying of another member state, it will pass again with
an aim to save the face of our tyrant neighbor vis-a-vis his own
people. Believe me the latter option will not lead to any positive
results," said Sarkisian.
"Either common sense and the desire for peace will have the upper
hand, or the silent encouragement of xenophobia will deepen the war
rhetoric and deadly provocations so easily brandished by Azerbaijan,
which does not care about its soldiers' lives and becomes encouraged
with such statements," added Sarkisian.
Friday, September 5th, 2014
http://asbarez.com/126681/erdogan-says-nato-%E2%80%98obliged%E2%80%99-to-side-with-baku/
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks past world leaders,
including his Armenian and Azeri counterparts Serzh Sarkisian and
Ilham Aliyev, at a NATO summit in Wales
NEWPORT, Wales (Vestnik Kavkaza)--NATO is obliged to fulfill the
promises it has given to Azerbaijan, the President of Turkey Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said Friday at a NATO meeting in Wales. "The resolution
of the Karabakh conflict within the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan is of great importance, and this conflict should be
resolved," Erdogan said.
Turkish experts told Vestnik Kavkaza that peace in the South Caucasus
is very important to the new leadership of Turkey.
An expert on war and terrorism, Khaldun Yalcin Kaya, said that Turkey
intends to participate actively in the conflict, taking into account
the fact that Azerbaijan is its strategic partner.
A senior lecturer at the Department of International Relations,
University of Economics and Technology TOBB (Ankara), Togrul Ismail,
said that the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh "would
contribute to the development of Turkey."
Responding to Turkey's vows to protect Azerbaijan, Armenia's President
Serzh Sarkisian challenged NATO on Thursday, saying either peace will
prevail in Karabakh or the continued threats of war will mar security
in the region.
Saying that the Armenian people have felt threats to security on their
skins and know the value of regional stability, Sarkisian said that
those were the two options as NATO is scheduled to adopt a document
Friday "that will be related to the security of my people and peace in
our region."
"There are two options. Either [the NATO Summit] will adopt the
language of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is the only specialized
international structure dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict --
language that was proposed and supported by the Co-Chair countries
that are represented here by France and the United States of America --
or, upon the lobbying of another member state, it will pass again with
an aim to save the face of our tyrant neighbor vis-a-vis his own
people. Believe me the latter option will not lead to any positive
results," said Sarkisian.
"Either common sense and the desire for peace will have the upper
hand, or the silent encouragement of xenophobia will deepen the war
rhetoric and deadly provocations so easily brandished by Azerbaijan,
which does not care about its soldiers' lives and becomes encouraged
with such statements," added Sarkisian.