Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 30 2007
Head of Kars Municipality: I will not have dialogue with Armenians,
until Azerbaijani territories liberated
[ 30 Jan. 2007 15:52 ]
`Armenia is not bazaar for us,’ Head of Kars Municipality Naif
Alibeyoglu said in the meeting with heads of Mass media of Azerbaijan
visiting Igdir and Kars, APA correspondent reports.
Alibeyoglu, while answering the question on opening of the borders of
Armenia-Turkey, clarified his position.
`Armenia had 4, 5m population, but now this indicator is 1,5m.
Armenians leave their country because of financial difficulties. It
is necessary for us not to get economic profit from our relations
with Armenia, but to get accession to Caucasus and Central Asia
markets. After the implementation of Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki -Kars
railway project, we get the accession. That is we have refused of our
positions on opening the borders with Armenia,’ the head of
municipality noted. Then he continued his thoughts this way.
`Some speculations about me occur in Azerbaijan. I declare I will not
offer peace to Armenians, until occupied Azerbaijani territories
liberated. We have appealed to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and
Kars businessmen and city leadership plans to visit Baku. If our
appeal accepted, we will come and prove our devotion,’ he said.
Touching on the case when Azerbaijani delegation was insulted by
Armenians during the festival held in Kars, the head of municipality
`Armenians can not oppose my people in my land’ said. He also touched
on the fraternization of Ganja and Kars and noted that he had visited
Ganja.
`We invited the delegation from Ganja to Kars, but they did not
come,’ Alibeyoglu said. /APA/