WORLD CONGRESS OF AZERBAIJANI YOUTH CALLS ON TURKISH PRESIDENT NOT TO VISIT ARMENIA

Trend News Agency
Sept 3 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 September/ TrendNews, I. Alizade/ The World
Congress of Azerbaijani Youth calls on Turkish President Abdullah Gul
not to visit Armenia and continue to take principal position. "We
protest against Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s visit to Armenia
and believe that the Turkish government should refrain from this move
which has been adopted under the influence of a number of states and
Armenian lobby as well," the statement released by the issued by the
World Congress of Azerbaijani Youth said.

The Armenian President Serj Sarkisyan invited Turkish President Gul
to Yerevan to take part in a football match of Turkish and Armenian
teams to be held on 6 September.

The Azerbaijani, Turkish and Armenian communities are observing
closely whether invitation of Armenian President will be accepted or
turned down.

There are no any diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey
with Armenia-Turkey border being closed since 1993 at the initiative
of official Ankara. Ankara calls on Armenia to give up the policy of
recognition of "Armenian genocide" allegedly committed during Ottoman
Empire on the international level, to recognize Turkey’s borders and
free occupied lands of Azerbaijan.

The Congress says Gul’s visit will affect millions of Azerbaijanis
who lost their relatives during war in Karabakh and. "The visit
will seriously affect our relations which have been maintained and
developed for years".

The statement said the aim of visit of Gul who is going to negotiate
with Armenians.