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  • BAKU: Relations Not To Be Re-Established Between Turkey And Armenia:

    RELATIONS NOT TO BE RE-ESTABLISHED BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA: CHAIRMAN OF TURKISH PARLIAMENT

    Trend News Agency
    June 17 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan, Baku, 17 June /corr. Trend News I.Alizade / As long
    as Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories are not released, the
    relations will not be re-established between Turkey and Armenia. "The
    Turkish-Armenian relations will not be re-established as long as the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not resolved," Keksal Toptan, Chairman
    of Turkish Parliament, said on 17 June in Baku.

    Keksal Toptan, Chairman of Turkish Parliament, arrived in Azerbaijan
    on 17 June on a three days visit. Toptan met with the Azerbaijani
    President, Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister, Artur Rasizade and Chairman
    of Parliament, Oktay Asadov. He will also attend the 90th celebration
    of Azerbaijan Parliament.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries appeared in 1988
    due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
    occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani lands including the Nagorno-Karabakh
    region and its seven surrounding districts. Since 1992 to the present
    time, these territories have been under Armenian occupation. In 1994,
    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire agreement at which time
    the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
    (Russia, France and USA) are holding peaceful negotiations.

    According to Toptan, all over the world, Turkey has always supported
    the Nagorno-Karabakh policy of Azerbaijan and this support will
    be continued.

    Toptan said that Turkey's policy on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    is clear and concrete. "Turkey's position and policy on the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will not change. At this point, we do not
    require other thinking. Simply Azerbaijani territories should be
    returned and peace should be re-established. We do not have other
    requirements and we do not claim for another's territories. Requiring
    lands belonging to us is our right. I believe that some solution will
    be found in the near future," he added.
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