TURKISH PRIME MINISTER HOPES THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ARMENIA OCCUPANT COUNTRY

Noyan Tapan
May 7, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. "It is very difficult to overcome
the problems in Turkey’s and Armenia’s relations without solving
Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s problems." Declaring this, Turkish Prime
Minister Erdogan expressed the hope that the UN Security Council,
the temporary member of which Turkey is at present, will consider
Armenia an occupant country.

According to Panarmenian.net, the Turkish Prime Minister considers that
the UN should make such a decision and call Armenia for withdrawing
its troops from Nagorno Karabakh.

"Turkey has already undertaken steps and proposed forming a Caucasian
Stability Platform with the participation of Russia, Azerbaijan,
Armenia, and Georgia. The argument between Armenia and Azerbaijan
should be given an immediate solution, after which the Armenian-Turkish
relations will be also normalized," Erdogan said.