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  • BAKU: Azerbaijani Diaspora in Turkey protests against Gul's visit

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    Sept 5 2008


    Azerbaijani Diaspora in Turkey protests against Abdullah Gul's visit
    to Armenia

    [ 05 Sep 2008 18:29 ]


    Ankara ` APA. Turkey-Azerbaijan Circles Federation made a statement on
    Abdullah Gul's visit to Armenia on September 6. State Committee on
    Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad told APA that according to the
    statement sport has great contributions to the friendship between
    states and peoples of the world.

    `In this respect, sport has become a general value. Turkey-Azerbaijan
    Circles Federation agrees to this reality and does not object the
    match between Turkish and Armenian football teams in Yerevan. But
    Turkey-Azerbaijan Circles Federation considers that no general value
    can prevail over indivisibility of Turkey. The Armenians, who almost
    everyday claim that Eastern Anatolia is the territory of western
    Armenia, can not demand us to open our borders which they refuse
    recognize. The Armenians, who call Aghri dagh as Ararat, describe it
    on the state emblem, accuse our forefathers of committing `genocide',
    continue to occupy 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory, committed
    massacre against our compatriots, established the so-called state in
    Karabakh, cannot call us to become friends,' the statement says.
    The statement made by Turkey-Azerbaijan Circles Federation says that
    Armenian leadership's inviting Turkish President to Yerevan aims to
    isolate Azerbaijan and take advantage of the crisis in the Caucasus
    for the sake of `strong Armenia'.
    `We being an important layer of society think that `invitation to
    watch this match' does not comply with supreme interests of our
    country,' the statement says.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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