ARMENIAN-TURKISH STATEMENT CAUSED A PANIC IN THE AZERBAIJAN MFA

Aysor
Sept 1 2009
Armenia

Yesterday, late at night was announced that Turkey and Armenia
have agreed to start their internal political consultations which
will last two weeks after which two protocols will be signed – the
"Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations" and the
"Protocol on the development of bilateral relations".

This fact naturally caused a dismay and panic in the political frames
of Azerbaijan, the authorities of which during the last months were
diligently reiterating that the brotherly Turkey will not undertake
any step against the interests of Baku, which however didn’t happen.

So the official representative of MFA of Azerbaijan Elhan Polukhov
commenting on the "Protocol on the development of the relations between
Armenia and Turkey" declared that opening the Armenian-Turkish boarder
without the NKR conflict settlement does not correspond to the national
interests of Azerbaijan.

The above mentioned statement of the representative of the Azerbaijani
MFA should be viewed in the context of the fact that is already
realized which Baku can’t get along with.

Here what E. Polukhov stated "We always keep in touch with our
Turkish colleagues and surely exchange information about the NKR
conflict settlement process and about the Armenian – Turkish talk
process. However the position of our country concerning this issue is
based on the announcements of our Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
who, speaking in the Milli Mejlis, announced that the Turkish-Armenian
boarders will be open only after the complete liberation of the
occupied Azerbaijani territories.

The Azerbaijani side should realize that after 14th of May, though
strange it may seem, the life went on and particular developments
took place which leaded to a joint inner political announcements of
Armenia, Turkey and Switzerland, according of which Yerevan and Ankara
will establish diplomatic relations, the boarder will be unblocked
and diplomatic representatives will appear in the countries. It
is September already, but Baku doesn’t want to admit this fact and
instead live with the memories of the May 14.