AZERI LEADER URGES TURKIC STATES TO "START OFFENSIVE" ON ARMENIAN LOBBY

ANS TV, Baku, in Azeri
18 Sep 06

[Presenter] All Turkic states led by Turkey and Azerbaijan should start
an offensive on the Armenian lobby. The creation of a second Armenian
state should not be allowed on occupied Azerbaijani territories,
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said at the 10th friendship,
brotherhood and cooperation congress of Turkic states and societies,
which is being held in Turkey’s Antalya. We are now over to Antalya
for more details. Ayaz Nizamioglu, a special ANS correspondent in
Antalya, is on the line. Hi Ayaz.

[Correspondent, by phone] Hello Anar. I want to say that the
Azerbaijani president’s speech at the congress ended approximately
10 minutes ago. He made numerous statements. I want to mention the
first one. He said that all Turkic states led by Turkey and Azerbaijan
should start an offensive on the Armenian lobby and that we would not
allow the creation of a second Armenian state on occupied Azerbaijani
territories. President Aliyev, who is attending the congress, also
said that Armenia and the Armenian lobby supporting it in the world
did not recognize Turkey’s borders and rejected the proposal to open
the archives of the Turkish government. In this way, they want to
introduce the so-called Armenian genocide to the world. In any case,
this will not be allowed and justice will be administered. Therefore,
Turkic states should shift their tactics from defence to attack. The
president added that one of the ways of struggling against the
Armenian lobby was to conduct forums of Turkic-speaking states in
Europe and other regions. This will give the Turkic-speaking states
a chance to fill the world in on their fair positions. The head of
state reiterated that Azerbaijan would liberate its lands from Armenian
occupation in any case and this would happen sooner or later. Touching
on the importance of the event, Aliyev said that relations between
the main leading members of the congress, Turkey and Azerbaijan,
were developing at the highest level and this should serve as an
example to all Turkic states.

Quote – we want the Turkic world to be united. The development of our
ties further strengthens every Turkic state. Our historical roots,
ethnic origin and national traditions draw us closer.

The Azerbaijani president also spoke about the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
[oil] and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum [gas] pipelines and said that they
were the whole Turkic world’s major projects. The Turkic states will
have a say in the world in a clearer and more determined manner with
these projects. At the end of his speech, Aliyev proposed to hold
the next congress of Turkic-speaking states in Azerbaijan.

[Passage omitted: minor details]

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress