Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan
February 25, 2008

AZERBAIJAN BACKS TURKEY’S FIGHT AGAINST PKK

Baku, 25 February: Azerbaijan supports Turkey’s antiterrorist
operations against the Kurdistan Workers’Party (PKK) in northern
Iraq, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Xazar Ibrahim
told a briefing today.

The PKK has been recognized as a terrorist organization by various
states and there is an international fight againstit. Ibrahim also
said there were reports about deployment of Kurdish terrorists in
Nagornyy Karabakh. Ibrahim said that "Azerbaijan will defend its
national security".

Expressing his attitude towards illegal settlement in Azerbaijani
territories, Ibrahim said that settling in theoccupied lands and
purchasing property there is the same as frittering money away. Until
the conflict is settled, Bakuwill assess these deals as a crime,
Ibrahim added.