TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO U.S. NABI SENSOY: "TURKEY WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO KEEP AZERBAIJAN’S INTERESTS A PRIORITY"

APA
Nov 13 2009
Azerbaijan

Washington. Isabel Levine – APA. "Turkey will always continue to keep
Azerbaijan’s interests a priority.

Our sisters and brothers in Baku can rest assured", told in an
interview with APA’s Washington correspondent Nabi Sensoy, Turkish
Ambassador to U.S.

Sensoy mentioned that Ankara is looking forward to higher negotiations
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

"Turkey will continue its efforts aimed at active encouragement of
the final solution of the conflict, based on the territorial integrity
and sovereignty of Azerbaijan", he added.

Asked about Armenian-Turkish relations, the ambassador stated that
Ankara believes that it would be extremely beneficial to divert
Turkish-Armenian relations into a new channel with these protocols,
thereby starting diplomatic relations between the two countries,
followed by the opening of the common border and the start of an
exchange between them.

"We think that this will prove useful not only to the bilateral
relationship between Turkey and Armenia, but also in terms of making
positive contributions to the peace, stability and security in the
South Caucasus, especially in the region rife with ‘frozen problems",
ambassador added.

According to the Nabi Sensoy, Turkey’s expectation is that this
will not have any negative impact on the bilateral relations between
"two states with one nation", i.e., Turkey and Azerbaijan.