NAGORNO KARABAKH IS NOT ONLY THE AZERBAIJANI LAND BUT ALSO A PART OF THE WHOLE TURKIC WORLD: MP

Today.Az
April 15 2009
Azerbaijan

Turkey always was the closest and most reliable friend for Azerbaijan,
said chairman of the Ana Veten party and Milli Medjlis deputy Fazail
Aghamaly at a round table on "Turkey and Azerbaijan: common interests
and problems".

"Unless Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not settled, we must not allow
the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border. Friendship between the
Azerbaijani and Turkish peoples is eternal and no powers can destroy
it", said he.

According to him, after the USSR collapse, Armenia under support of the
Soviet army launched an undeclared war against independent Azerbaijan.

"We fought not only against Armenia but also against Russia headed
by Yeltsin. In the result we had strained relations with Iran and in
those hard years the only state Turkey was by our side. Azerbaijan
and Turkey maintain special relations. If without the settlement of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict Ankara decides to open borders with Yereven,
it will not differ from Iran or Russia", said Aghamaly.

He noted that peace and stability in the region is impossible without
resolution of the Karabakh conflict.

"We should realize that Nagorno Karabakh is not only the territory of
Azerbaijan. It is a part of the whole Turkic world and this problem
should be settled by joint efforts in the contest of provision of
global security in the region. This struggle is for sovereignty and
integrity of the Turkic lands", noted Aghamaly.