UNAL CHEVIKOZ: "TURKISH COMMUNITY WILL NOT ALLOW DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA UNTIL THE SOLUTION OF NAGORNO KARABAKH PROBLEM"

APA
June 25 2009
Azerbaijan

Astana. Laman Aghayeva – APA. Prospects of the unresolved conflicts
in the Caucasus were discussed within the security forum of the
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, APA
correspondent reports.

Deputy Chief of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Office for Eastern Europe,
the Caucasus, Asia and Africa and international security Unal Chevikoz
focused attention on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He said Turkish
community wouldn’t allow the establishing of diplomatic relations
with Armenia until the solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem. He
emphasized the importance of the Stability and Cooperation Platform in
the Caucasus and said Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia and Armenia
had to come together within this platform and to quicken the solution
to the conflict. "We have already lost 20 years in the solution of
Karabakh problem".

Azerbaijani Ambassador to NATO kamil Khasiyev univocally stated
that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be solved only within
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. Member of the Azerbaijani
Parliament Jale Aliyeva spoke about the role of Azerbaijan in the
world energy security.

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said
despite the ceasefire regime, more than 30 soldiers were killed in
the contact line and border areas last year.