Anadolu Agency
May 6 2004
Basesgioglu: We Are In Favor Of A Peaceful Solution To Upper Karabakh
Dispute
BAKU – Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister Murat Basesgioglu
has said, ”we are in favor of a peaceful solution to the dispute
about Upper Karabakh under Armenian occupation.”
Basesgioglu, who is currently paying an official visit to Azerbaijan,
visited Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Murtuz Aleskerov on Thursday.
Speaking at the meeting, Basesgioglu said, ”Turkey’s approach about
the Upper Karabakh dispute has not changed. We are in favor of a
peaceful solution to the dispute about Upper Karabakh which was under
Armenian occupation.”
Informing Aleskerov on efforts to protect social security rights of
Turkish people living in Azerbaijan and of Azerbaijani people living
in Turkey, Basesgioglu recalled that an administrative agreement was
signed between the two countries earlier the day about putting into
practice the ”Convention on Social Security”.
Meanwhile, Aleskerov said in his part that the Upper Karabakh dispute
was the most important problem of Azerbaijan, adding, ”I believe
that we will overcome this problem with the assistance of Turkey. We
are quite sure that Turkey would not open its border with Armenia to
this end.”