Turkish minister reaffirms support for Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict

Trend news agency
18 Nov 04

BAKU

Turkey has always supported a fair solution to the Nagornyy Karabakh
problem on the basis of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, and this
policy will not change, Trend has quoted Turkish Minister of State
Kursat Tuzmen as telling Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Murtuz
Alasgarov today.

He informed the speaker of the business forum devoted to the
development of bilateral economic ties between Turkey and Azerbaijan
and expressed his satisfaction with the negotiations and discussions
that were held. Tuzmen added that the objective for the near future
was to bring the volume of trade between Turkey and Azerbaijan to 1bn
and then to 3bn dollars.

Alasgarov said Azerbaijan was interested in expanding economic
relations with fraternal Turkey. This, he said, will serve the
development of both countries, their integration into Europe and
strengthening of their positions in the region.