Clash between Turkish and Azerbaijani MPs

news.am, Armenia
Dec 26 2009

Clash between Turkish and Azerbaijani MPs

16:08 / 12/26/2009Clash between Turkish and local students took place
at the Baku State University. According to Cafesiyaset website, the
skirmish broke out after Turkish students fastened `rose’ pin ‘ a
symbol of Kurdish Democratic Party.

The argument turned into clash. A number of university professors
supported the students backing the closed Kurdish party.

Another incident happened in the Azerbaijani Parliament. MP Jemil
Hasanl called on his counterparts to recognize Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan
Worker’s Party) as a terrorist group.

Azerbaijani MP underlined that PKK actively cooperates with Armenian
`terrorist’ organizations.

However, Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker opposed the initiative.

A.G.