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DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY RELATIONS DISCUSSED IN BAKU
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Nov 4 2014
Ali Unal
Baku -- The event "Days of Turkey in Azerbaijan," jointly organized by
the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Center for Strategic Studies
(SAM) and the Azerbaijan Presidency Strategic Studies Center (AzerSAM)
commenced Monday in Baku.
On the first day of the event two simultaneous conferences were held at
the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and Azerbaijan State University
of Economics with the participation of dignitaries, including a member
of Turkish Parliament's Azerbaijan Friendship Group, Adnan Yılmaz;
deputy undersecretary of the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry,
Zafer Benli; SAM Chairman Professor Ali Resul Usul and AzerSAM Chairman
Farhad Memmedov as well as experts and academics.
Speaking on a panel titled Political Security Dimensions of
Azerbaijan-Turkey Relations, which was held at ADA, Usul praised
the bilateral relationships built on common historical identity and
developing strategic cooperation mechanisms on different dimensions.
Referring to the third president of Azerbaijan, Haydar Aliev,
who said, "I am representing Turkey in places where there is no
representative of Turkey and Turkey represents Azerbaijan if there is
no representative from Azerbaijan," Usul emphasized the importance of
developing relations in different fields and stressed the significance
of taking steps in harmony especially on regional and international
issues. Usul also underlined that the two countries should work
together to develop new public policies against issues such as the
Armenian allegation of genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue,
which concerns both countries closely.
The second panel titled Azerbaijan-Turkey Economic Relations and
Economic Future of the Region, held at Azerbaijan State University
of Economics. Speaking at the panel, University Rector Adalet Muradov
said that the economic future of Turkey and Azerbaijan will determine
the future of the region and stressed the importance of economic
integration of the two countries. Yılmaz said in his speech that
the Azerbaijan and Turkey's economies naturally complement each other
and added that Azerbaijan is Turkey's gateway to Central Asia while
Turkey is the West's gateway to Azerbaijan.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/11/04/different-dimensions-of-azerbaijanturkey-relations-discussed-in-baku
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Nov 4 2014
Ali Unal
Baku -- The event "Days of Turkey in Azerbaijan," jointly organized by
the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Center for Strategic Studies
(SAM) and the Azerbaijan Presidency Strategic Studies Center (AzerSAM)
commenced Monday in Baku.
On the first day of the event two simultaneous conferences were held at
the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and Azerbaijan State University
of Economics with the participation of dignitaries, including a member
of Turkish Parliament's Azerbaijan Friendship Group, Adnan Yılmaz;
deputy undersecretary of the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry,
Zafer Benli; SAM Chairman Professor Ali Resul Usul and AzerSAM Chairman
Farhad Memmedov as well as experts and academics.
Speaking on a panel titled Political Security Dimensions of
Azerbaijan-Turkey Relations, which was held at ADA, Usul praised
the bilateral relationships built on common historical identity and
developing strategic cooperation mechanisms on different dimensions.
Referring to the third president of Azerbaijan, Haydar Aliev,
who said, "I am representing Turkey in places where there is no
representative of Turkey and Turkey represents Azerbaijan if there is
no representative from Azerbaijan," Usul emphasized the importance of
developing relations in different fields and stressed the significance
of taking steps in harmony especially on regional and international
issues. Usul also underlined that the two countries should work
together to develop new public policies against issues such as the
Armenian allegation of genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue,
which concerns both countries closely.
The second panel titled Azerbaijan-Turkey Economic Relations and
Economic Future of the Region, held at Azerbaijan State University
of Economics. Speaking at the panel, University Rector Adalet Muradov
said that the economic future of Turkey and Azerbaijan will determine
the future of the region and stressed the importance of economic
integration of the two countries. Yılmaz said in his speech that
the Azerbaijan and Turkey's economies naturally complement each other
and added that Azerbaijan is Turkey's gateway to Central Asia while
Turkey is the West's gateway to Azerbaijan.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/11/04/different-dimensions-of-azerbaijanturkey-relations-discussed-in-baku