Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Feb 22 2009
Citizens of Azerbaijan believe that the policy of Turkey on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains the same – deputy of Milli Mejlis
22.02.09 20:22
Azerbaijan, Tovuz, Feb. 22 /Trend News, E.Rustamov/ Citizens of
Azerbaijan believe that the policy of Turkey on the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict will remain the same, told reporters on Sunday deputy of
Milli Majlis /Parliament of Azerbaijan/, member of Azerbaijani
delegation to PACE Ganira Pashayeva.
Ganira Pashayeva and chief editor of «Zaman-Azerbaijan»
Enes Dzhansever in connection with the 17 anniversary of Khojaly
tragedy, together with representatives of the influential Turkish
media arrived in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan on 22 of February. The
guests visited the village of Tovuz District, located near the border
area.
The visit was attended by representatives of the Turkish media such
«Zaman», «Yeni Å?afaq»,«Kanal
7Â& #xBB;, «Auksion», «Bu gün» and
«Star».
Genocide in Khojaly Azerbaijan took place on the night of 25 to 26
February 1992 by the Armenian armed forces. As a result of the
tragedy, 613 people were killed, among them 106 women and 83 children,
1275 – taken prisoner, 150 – missing, 487 – became handycaps.
According to Pashayeva, Turkey is a strategic partner of
Azerbaijan. The deputy also noted that Turkey will not open borders
with Armenia until the Azerbaijani lands will be released.
According to the worker of the «Auksion» magazine,
Tundzhera Cetinkaya, Turkey should not open borders with Armenia.
According to Enes Dzhansever, the editor of the
«Zaman-Azerbaijan» newspaper, Armenia always claims
so-called genocide, however the real genocide has been during the
events of Khojaly.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding
districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in
1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ` Russia, France, and the
U.S. ` are currently holding the peace negotiations.