Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 20 2008

Member of Parliament from CHP: `Will the apologizers to Armenians call on them to apologize to Azerbaijan for Khojali genocide?’

[ 20 Dec 2008 12:12 ]

Istanbul. Mais Alizadeh `APA. `Such initiative is a great disrespect
to the Turkish people. Apologizing to Armenians for 1915 events is the
inviting Turkey to recognize this calumny.

Such campaigns aim to conceal Armenian occupation policy’, said deputy
chairman of the Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) Onur Oymen
reacting to the campaign started by a group of persons in Turkey for
apologizing to Armenians, APA Turkish bureau reports.

Oymen said Armenia kept 20 percent of Azerbaijani lands under the
occupation for more than 15 years. Oymen called the Khojali genocide
committed by Armenians against Azerbaijani people in 1992 as a tragedy
of the century.

`Do those, who proposed to apologize to Armenians for 1915 events
which has no relation to the genocide, see occupation of 20 percent of
Azerbaijani lands by Armenians and the genocide committed by them in
Khojali?’

The member of the parliament from CHP said if Armenians saw one per
cent of pressure, which Turkey faced to open borders with Armenia,
they would be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani lands. `The world doesn’t
put pressure on the Armenians. Despite numerous statements by the
international organizations, the Armenians didn’t withdraw even from a
village of Azerbaijan. Will those, who invited our community to
apologize to Armenians, demand the Armenians to withdraw from
Azerbaijani lands? Will they call on the Armenians to apologize to
Azerbaijan for Khojali genocide? It is very interesting for me’.