Anadolu Ajansi (Anatolia Agency), Turkey
Sept 18 2009

Turkish deputy PM says brotherhood with Azerbaijan more important than
Armenia

Baku, 18 September: Turkish State Minister and Deputy Premier Cemil
Cicek said on Friday that no development or process was more important
than Turkey’s brotherhood with Azerbaijan.

Cicek, who is currently in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to attend a
meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Ministers of
Emergency Situations, replied to questions of Azerbaijani reporters.

Commenting on the normalization process of Turkish-Armenian relations,
Cicek said," No development or process in this region is more
important than our brotherhood with Azerbaijan. We would like to
underscore this fact hundreds of times".

Cicek said that Turkey’s efforts to normalize its relations with
Armenia contributed to the solution of Azerbaijan’s problems as well.

The Turkish minister also said that the unjust invasion in Azerbaijan,
which had been going on for 17 years, should be terminated.