OFFICIAL SAYS AZERBAIJAN READY TO ASSIST TURKEY

Azad Azarbaycan TV
Oct 20 2007
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister has said that the country is
ready to assist Turkey in any sphere.

In his remarks to Azad Azarbaycan TV (ATV) on 20 October, Araz Azimov
said that "Azerbaijan is a strategic ally of Turkey. Both Turkey and
Azerbaijan are ready to give each other assistance at any time and
on a mutual basis."

Azimov added that cooperation between the two countries’, the situation
in Iraq, the Azerbaijani-Armenian problem, and the US Congress genocide
bill were discussed at his meeting with his Turkish counterpart Unal
Cevikoz on 19 October, ATV reported.