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APA, Azerbaijan
Feb 14 2015
Turkey would open border if Armenia liberated just one district - PM
[ 13 February 2015 18:02 ]
Baku - APA. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has held another
meeting with representatives of religious minorities.
During the 4-hour meeting, Ahmet Davutoglu answered questions of the
100th anniversary of the Armenians' deportation during the Ottoman
period and Turkey-Armenia relations, APA reports citing Hurriyyet
Daily News.
"We can feel the troubles Armenians have undergone. We don't see the
Armenian diaspora as an enemy at all, they are our diaspora," said the
PM.
Asked why the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale battle will be
celebrated on 24 April, Davutoglu said: "We always celebrate on 18
March, but the opposite side - the Anzacs (Australians and New
Zealanders - APA) celebrate on 24 April. We appointed this date in
order to celebrate the 100th anniversary together".
Davutoglu also touched upon the opening of the Turkey-Armenia border.
"We would open the border if Armenia withdrew from just one
Azerbaijani district. But this didn't happen. I'd like to give you one
example. Erbil today is richer than Baghdad because it has direct
economic ties with Turkey. If a similar process starts with Armenia,
Turkey would help them prosper. Greece and Armenia sometimes act upon
the expectation that "Turkey will have to accept our demands when
becomes weak". But they see Turkey never gets weak and will not," the
PM completed.
Feb 14 2015
Turkey would open border if Armenia liberated just one district - PM
[ 13 February 2015 18:02 ]
Baku - APA. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has held another
meeting with representatives of religious minorities.
During the 4-hour meeting, Ahmet Davutoglu answered questions of the
100th anniversary of the Armenians' deportation during the Ottoman
period and Turkey-Armenia relations, APA reports citing Hurriyyet
Daily News.
"We can feel the troubles Armenians have undergone. We don't see the
Armenian diaspora as an enemy at all, they are our diaspora," said the
PM.
Asked why the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale battle will be
celebrated on 24 April, Davutoglu said: "We always celebrate on 18
March, but the opposite side - the Anzacs (Australians and New
Zealanders - APA) celebrate on 24 April. We appointed this date in
order to celebrate the 100th anniversary together".
Davutoglu also touched upon the opening of the Turkey-Armenia border.
"We would open the border if Armenia withdrew from just one
Azerbaijani district. But this didn't happen. I'd like to give you one
example. Erbil today is richer than Baghdad because it has direct
economic ties with Turkey. If a similar process starts with Armenia,
Turkey would help them prosper. Greece and Armenia sometimes act upon
the expectation that "Turkey will have to accept our demands when
becomes weak". But they see Turkey never gets weak and will not," the
PM completed.