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TURKEY TO STAND 'SHOULDER TO SHOULDER' WITH AZERBAIJAN
World Bulletin, Turkey
Sept 19 2014
Turkish PM Davutoglu visited Baku against backdrop of renewed clashes
with Armenia over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Turkey and Azerbaijan will work "shoulder to shoulder" to settle
regional conflicts, Turkey's prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
on Friday.
The Turkish leader was speaking at a joint press conference following
a meeting with President Ilham Aliev in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Regarding the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh dispute Davutoglu said:
"Turkey will stand by Azerbaijan's struggle until the last centimeter
of its territory is liberated."
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
between 1988 and 1994 over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region,
which is a de jure territory of Azerbaijan but remains under de facto
Armenian control.
Davutoglu said: "Turkey and Azerbaijan will work shoulder to shoulder
until the wider region is converted into a region of peace and
requirements of international law are fulfilled.
"If Azerbaijan feels any pain, the same is felt in Turkey's heart."
The Turkish PM was referring to the most recent clashes on border
of the disputed region in late July, where thirteen soldiers from
the Azerbaijani side and more soldiers from Armenia were killed,
according to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense.
"When neighbouring regions and the world are observed and two success
stories are to be told, Turkey and Azerbaijan are the two success
stories in the Middle East, Balkans, Caucasus and all Eurasia,"
Davutoglu added.
Davutoglu's comments come against a backdrop of renewed fighting
between Azerbaijan and Armenia. There have been sporadic outbreaks
of violence along the border between Azerbaijan and the enclave for
decades but fighting intensified at the start of August.
The last agreement for a peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict was signed in Moscow in 2008. Armenia and Azerbaijan
originally signed a ceasefire in 1994 but never agreed a peace
settlement. The two countries currently do not have diplomatic
relations.
President Ilham Aliyev spoke of the conflict affecting energy
development in the region: "Armenia has been isolated from cooperation
projects among regional countries because of its occupying attitude.
"Our projects in the energy field are important, not only for our
country, but for the world also."
A ground breaking ceremony for the high-profile Trans Anatolian
Natural Gas Pipeline project will be held on Saturday. Aliyev said:
"September 20 is a historic day for us. We had signed the project
of the 20th century 20 years ago on 20 September; we are starting
the project of the 21st century in which Turkey and Azerbaijan have
assumed a major role."
http://www.worldbulletin.net/turkey/144725/turkey-open-borders-for-fleeing-syrian-kurds-updated
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
World Bulletin, Turkey
Sept 19 2014
Turkish PM Davutoglu visited Baku against backdrop of renewed clashes
with Armenia over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Turkey and Azerbaijan will work "shoulder to shoulder" to settle
regional conflicts, Turkey's prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
on Friday.
The Turkish leader was speaking at a joint press conference following
a meeting with President Ilham Aliev in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Regarding the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh dispute Davutoglu said:
"Turkey will stand by Azerbaijan's struggle until the last centimeter
of its territory is liberated."
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
between 1988 and 1994 over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region,
which is a de jure territory of Azerbaijan but remains under de facto
Armenian control.
Davutoglu said: "Turkey and Azerbaijan will work shoulder to shoulder
until the wider region is converted into a region of peace and
requirements of international law are fulfilled.
"If Azerbaijan feels any pain, the same is felt in Turkey's heart."
The Turkish PM was referring to the most recent clashes on border
of the disputed region in late July, where thirteen soldiers from
the Azerbaijani side and more soldiers from Armenia were killed,
according to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense.
"When neighbouring regions and the world are observed and two success
stories are to be told, Turkey and Azerbaijan are the two success
stories in the Middle East, Balkans, Caucasus and all Eurasia,"
Davutoglu added.
Davutoglu's comments come against a backdrop of renewed fighting
between Azerbaijan and Armenia. There have been sporadic outbreaks
of violence along the border between Azerbaijan and the enclave for
decades but fighting intensified at the start of August.
The last agreement for a peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict was signed in Moscow in 2008. Armenia and Azerbaijan
originally signed a ceasefire in 1994 but never agreed a peace
settlement. The two countries currently do not have diplomatic
relations.
President Ilham Aliyev spoke of the conflict affecting energy
development in the region: "Armenia has been isolated from cooperation
projects among regional countries because of its occupying attitude.
"Our projects in the energy field are important, not only for our
country, but for the world also."
A ground breaking ceremony for the high-profile Trans Anatolian
Natural Gas Pipeline project will be held on Saturday. Aliyev said:
"September 20 is a historic day for us. We had signed the project
of the 20th century 20 years ago on 20 September; we are starting
the project of the 21st century in which Turkey and Azerbaijan have
assumed a major role."
http://www.worldbulletin.net/turkey/144725/turkey-open-borders-for-fleeing-syrian-kurds-updated
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress