Ïðàî ûáîðà, Azerbaijan
Democratic Azerbaijan
March 3 2007

Turkey to Support Azerbaijani Position Relating to Armenia-Azerbaijan
Conflict
03.03.2007

Turkey intends to support just position of Azerbaijan relating to
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. Ambassador of Turkey to Russia,
Tashkent Kurtulush, stated it for AzerTaj.
Particularly, Ambassador underlined, that Turkey as fraternal and
friendly state naturally supports position of Azerbaijan protecting
its interests at diplomatic level. `Armenia occupied 20% of
Azerbaijani territories. It is unjust as there is no occupation of
territories of one state by another in today’s world practice. Turkey
advocates territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and return of occupied
Garabagh territories to jurisdiction of Azerbaijan. We believe in
solving of this conflict within the frames of territorial and
political integrity of Azerbaijan and on the basis of principles of
international law. We hope for peace regulation of this conflict in
near future’, Turkish Ambassador said.
Answering question on Armenian genocide related claims to Turkey
Ambassador said that Armenia doesn’t want to improve relations and
cooperation with Turkey, and there is no decision in this respect.
On commenting the fact that recently Armenia curtseys before Turkey
to establish bilateral relations, Tashkent Kurtulush declared that
there is no ground for it. `For improvement of relations between
Turkey and Armenia first of all Armenia should fulfill some
conditions and refuse non-friendly policy’, diplomat stressed.
Turkish Ambassador to Russia also said that Turkey grieves over
innocent victims of Khojali tragedy together with fraternal
Azerbaijan. Accordingly to him, commemoration events dedicated to
victims were held in his country like in Azerbaijan.