AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 15 2005
AZERBAIJAN, TURKEY: FRIENDLY AND BROTHERLY RELATIONS CONTINUE
[March 15, 2005, 12:05:02]
Foreign minister of the Azerbaijan Republic Elmar Mammadyarov on
March 14 has met the delegation led by the deputy foreign minister of
Turkey, ambassador Ahmad Uzumchu.
In the meeting, Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov emphasized the developing
bilateral relations between two countries. He gave to the guest
detailed information on the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, saying that the OSCE fact-finding mission has visited the
region to establish settlement of the Armenians in the occupied
Azerbaijan territories. As is known, the final report of the mission
will be disclosed on March 16 at the sitting of the OSCE Permanent
Secretariat.
Foreign minister of Azerbaijan stressed necessity of bringing to the
notice of world community of the policy of genocide and ethnic
cleanse of the Armenian aggressors pursued against peaceful people of
Azerbaijan during the conflict. He assessed ignorance of the true
history as distortion of reality.
Deputy foreign minister of Turkey, ambassador Ahmad Uzumchu conveyed
greetings of his country’s foreign minister Abdullah Gul to Mr.
Mammadyarov and stressed confidence for further development of the
fraternal relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan. He highly
appraised the consultations in the course of his visit to Azerbaijan.
Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the
Turkish diplomat said Turkey would always support efforts of
Azerbaijan for peaceful settlement of the conflict.
The parties also exchanged views on a range of questions of mutual
interest.