AZERBAIJANI POLITICAL PARTIES REPRESENTED IN MILLI MAJLIS ISSUE STATEMENT AGAINST THE OPENING OF TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDERS
APA
April 7 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku. Elnur Mammadli-APA. Azerbaijani political parties represented in
Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani Parliament) held joint meeting on Tuesday in
a protest against the opening of Turkey-Armenia borders, APA reports.
Representatives of the parties of New Azerbaijan, Social Welfare,
Ana Vatan, Great System, Justice, Umid, All Azerbaijan Popular Front,
Citizen Solidarity, Citizen Unity and Democratic Reforms attended
the meeting. The parliamentarians noted that Turkey’s talks toward
the opening of borders and establishing of diplomatic relation with
Armenia could seriously damage the Turkey-Azerbaijan relations and
the idea of Turkic unity completely. The opening of Turkey-Armenia
borders was estimated as a support to the aggressors and it was noted
that this action would negatively impact on the peace talks over the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The participants of the meeting called on
the Turkish authorities to avoid this action. The political parties
issued a joint statement.
Azerbaijani people and public community concern over the Turkey’s talks
toward the opening of borders and establishing of diplomatic relations
with Armenia and protest against it, the statement reads. "Respecting
the Turkey’s independent foreign policy, we would like to state that on
the back of occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia,
turning of more than one million people into refugees and displaced
persons, killing of thousands of peaceful people, committing Khojali
Genocide against the humanity, such action will be a support to the
Armenia’s occupant policy, false "genocide" claims and its actions
to create military-political tensions and humanitarian crisis in the
region. It will be painful damage on the Turkey-Azerbaijan brotherhood
and on the ideas of Turkic solidarity. It will be credulity to think
that Armenians will leave their insidious intentions of territorial
claims against Turkey on the plea of so-called "Armenian genocide"
after the opening of the borders". The authors of the statement say
that the policy aiming to establish peace and stability in the South
Caucasus declared by the Turkish authorities can not only be restricted
to the reopening of borders with Armenia.
"The only guarantee of stability in the region should be withdrawal of
Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories and restoration
of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Otherwise, the reopening of
the borders with Armenia will become a factor having negative impact
on the ongoing processes and peace talks in the region and serving
to increase tension and confrontation," the statement says.
The parties signing the statement once more note that they attach
great importance to Turkey-Azerbaijan strategic partnership and,
protest against the steps taken by Turkish authorities for the
reopening of borders with Armenia and state that such an act is not
in line with friendly relations between the countries and peoples and
that this policy contradicts the interests of Turkish Republic. The
parties call on Turkish authorities not to establish relations or
open borders with Armenia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
