ARMENIA SHOULD QUIT AZERBAIJAN’S OCCUPIED LANDS, ERDOGAN

news.az
Jan 13 2010
Azerbaijan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan The occupied lands of Azerbaijan should be
released.

"Armenia should quit the occupied lands of Azerbaijan", said Premier
of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking at the Moscow State University,
Anadolu reports.

"The occupied lands of Azerbaijan should be released. We should
establish stable peace in our region and settle the problem of
Karabakh", the prime minister noted. He also said that Turkey does
not want nuclear weapon proliferation in the region adding that the
Iranian nuclear problem should be settled through diplomatic methods:
"The trade turnover between our countries has reached 10 bn and
we intend to bring it to 30 bn. We want all issues to be settled
peacefully in our region".

Prime Minister Erdogan came together with Turkish businessmen operating
in Russia.

Speaking at the meeting, Erdogan said, "Our economy will recover
quickly in 2010. International organizations also confirmed that Turkey
will become one of the countries with the highest rate of growth in
2010. Russian economy has also begun recovering. These developments
will have positive impacts on our bilateral commercial relations."

"We are on the eve of establishing an inter-governmental high-level
cooperation council with Russia. After establishment of the council,
a new era will begin in Turkey-Russia relations," he said.

"An important part of Turkey-Russia relations is energy. Turkey is
expected to draw energy investments worth of nearly $100 billion
in the next two decades. I believe that it will lead to significant
cooperation opportunities for both Turkish and Russian companies. This
means that Russian private sector can make more investments in Turkey,"
Erdogan said.

"Another topic which is high on agenda of talks between Turkish and
Russian officials is establishment of a Turkish logistics center in
southern part of Russia," he added.

Erdogan is expected to return to home on Wednesday evening.