DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF MHP: "WE WILL KEEP ON REMINDING PRIME MINISTER THE PROMISE HE MADE IN AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT" – EXCLUSIVE

APA
Sept 7 2009
Azerbaijan

Ankara. Mayis Alizadeh – APA. Deputy Chairman of Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP), former state minister, parliamentarian, Professor Tunca
Toskay gives interview to APA’s Turkey bureau

-We would like you to explain to Azerbaijani public the position of the
Nationalist Movement Party concerning the attempts for normalization
of the relations between Turkey and Armenia.

-The position of the Nationalist Movement Party is clear. Our policy
does not look like AKP’s policy, we are pursuing stable and firm
policy. There are three red lines for us in Armenian problem:

-Armenians must give up the so-called genocide claims;

-Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding regions must be released;

-Eastern borders of Turkey must be recognized by Armenia officially.

After these stipulations are fulfilled, we can discuss establishment
of relations with Armenia. Respectable Prime Minister made a speech
in Azerbaijani parliament. We want him to remember the words he said
to our Azerbaijani brothers. We will keep on reminding Prime Minister
those words.

-Do you think these processes may weaken the ties between Azerbaijani
and Turkish peoples?

-The Azerbaijanis should feel that there are Turkish nationalists who
share their concern and are ready for any selflessness. Authorities
will change, but nations will live forever. We are one nation – two
states. MHP says this sincerely, not as a cliché. We feel this. We
assure our brothers that as long as we are here, Turkey can not take
a step against them in the Caucasus. Azerbaijani people are a part of
Turkish nation. Nationalist Movement Party will not allow any discord
between Azerbaijan and Turkey.