Azeri leader demands Armenian withdrawal from occupied territories

ITV, Baku
9 Mar 07

President Ilham Aliyev has demanded that Armenia withdraw from
Azerbaijan’s occupied territories and give up its "baseless" claims
against Turkey, warning that Baku may reiterate by laying territorial
claims to Yerevan.

"We are not laying territorial claims to Armenia. However, we can do so
given that the territory which is today’s Armenia is ancient
Azerbaijani-Turkish land," Aliyev told a meeting of Azerbaijani and
Turkish diaspora leaders in Baku on 9 March.

The meeting was also attended by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.

"If they [Armenian leaders] care about the future of their own people,
they should change their policy. They should unconditionally withdraw
from Azerbaijan’s occupied territories and give up the baseless claims
against Turkey. Otherwise, Armenia’s own fate may come under question,"
President Aliyev told an applauding audience.