TURKEY APPEARS IN DEADLOCK
Azg/arm
9 Feb 05
They Want to Characterize Battle in Khojalu as Genocide
Bjulent Arinc, speaker of Turkish National Assembly, pays an
official visit to Baku. He met with Mortuz Aleskerov, Speaker of
Azeri Meli Mejlis, on February 7. The sides touched upon the issue
of â~@~Xthe massacresâ~@~Y carried out by the Armenians against
the Azeris. According to the February 8 issue of the Turkish Radical
newspaper, Aleskerov characterized the battle in Khojalu that took
place in 1992 as a genocide carried out by the Armenians and demanded
from Arinc that the Turkish National Assembly should take a relevant
decision.
According to Sabah, in response, Arinc assured that “the Turkish
parliamentarians will include the issue of the genocide in
the agenda in the course of February 26 sitting, on the day of
the massacre.” Meanwhile, the Azeri parliamentarians suggested
Arinc to establish “a museum of victims” combining the efforts of
Azerbaijan and Turkey. Arinc stated that Turkey will participate in
this initiative. He also condemned Armenia for occupying over 20%
of Azerbaijan.
Combining their efforts, Turkey and Azerbaijan try to hinder the
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide. Even if Azerbaijan characterizes the battles
in Khojalu as â~@~Xgenocideâ~@~Y, it will not help to achieve
the desired results in the process of Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement. If Azerbaijan and Turkey try to set off the issue of
Khojalu battles against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
it will become clear for the international community that Turkey is
in deadlock.
Azerbaijan fails to convince even the Turkish-speaking states of
the Middle East that the battles in Khojalu were a genocide. But,
even if Turkey and Azerbaijan manage to convince them in this issue
they will not be able to deny that the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide by the international community is unavoidable. So, it will
become for the Turkish-speaking states also that Turkey is at a loss.
By Hakob Chakrian
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