ENVOY SAYS TURKEY WANTS UPPER KARABAKH SOLUTION SOON
Dec 26 2008
Turkey
Turkey’s Ambassador also said Parliamentary Assembly meeting of Turkish
Speaking countries would hold its first meeting in September in Baku.
Turkey wants the problem about Upper Karabakh to be solved through
peaceful methods and within the scope of international law, Turkey’s
Ambassador said.
"Turkey has been waiting for the problem to be solved for 15 years. It
does not have the patience to wait for another 15 years," Turkey’s
Ambassador to Baku Hulusi Kilic said at a press conference at the
Turkish Embassy in Baku while assessing relations between Turkey and
Azerbaijan in 2008.
Kilic said Turkey advocated Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and
rightful stance of Azerbaijan on the matter, noting, "Upper Karabakh
problem should be solved soon and occupation should end."
Commenting on economic relations and various projects between Turkey
and Azerbaijan, Kilic said, "relations between the two parties are
at satisfactory level."
Kilic described "Baku-Tbilisi-Kars" project, which will enable direct
railway transportation with Turkey, as "the project of the era",
adding that construction would end in 2010.
Kilic also said Parliamentary Assembly meeting of Turkish Speaking
countries would hold its first meeting in September in Baku.