AzTV Baku, Azerbaijan
March 5 2010

Azeri leader condemns US vote on Armenian resolution

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev phoned Turkish President Abdullah
Gul on 5 March.

During the telephone conversation, the Azerbaijani head of state
expressed his protest against and flatly condemned the decision
adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives of the US Congress [which described the killing of
Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I as genocide]. President
Ilham Aliyev described it as an unfair decision which grossly distorts
historical truths and may result in an increase in tension in the
region.

He stressed that Azerbaijan is, as always, by Turkey’s side and will
continue to give Turkey full support. The Azerbaijani president said
he believed that the attempts by Armenians, who have committed
genocide against the Turkish and Azerbaijanis peoples in various
periods of history, to falsify history will not be accepted by the
international community and will fail.

In his turn, the Turkish president highly assessed this position of
the Azerbaijani president and expressed his gratitude.

During the telephone conversation, an exchange of opinions was held on
bilateral relations and the situation in the region.