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AZERBAIJAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ATTACKS IN TURKEY
Azadliq
Sept 22 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has denied allegations of involvement in PKK attacks in
Turkey in September 2012, opposition daily Azadliq has reported.
Turkish media had reported that technical equipment used during the
attacks had been purchased by a company registered in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev dismissed
the allegations as "nonsense".
The 22 September edition of Azadliq newspaper quoted Abdullayev
as saying that he "doubted" the seriousness of those Turkish media
reports.
Another senior official in Azerbaijan also described the reports as
"provocative".
"We should not believe such provocative reports. The publication of
such false reports in Turkish media is nothing than Armenia's attempt
to cast a shadow on the two countries' relations," private website
teleqraf.com quoted Qafar Aliyev, an official at the Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration, as saying.
The official added that "such reports cannot harm Azerbaijani-Turkish
friendship".
Azadliq said it had been found out that before their attacks, PKK
members carried out reconnaissance and learnt about the movement
hours of vehicles carrying policemen and soldiers using equipment
that taps radio and GSM lines.
"The terrorist organization, which started to operate months ago
for this purpose, bought - by means of a company it had set up in
Azerbaijan - the equipment produced by Israel's Tadiran Telecom,"
Azadliq said.
Political analyst Arastun Oruclu described as "a very serious issue"
the alleged purchase of the Israeli-made equipment by a company
registered in Azerbaijan, which he said is actually idle.
Oruclu said that Azerbaijan's silence on the issue is food for thought.
"This gives grounds to consider that Turkey has very serious facts...
and this material... is neither a product of a journalist's imagination
nor political technology. The fact that the problem has been taken
out to the media means the delivery of a message to Azerbaijan,"
Oruclu was quoted as saying.
Security expert Sulhaddin Akbar stressed that PKK's work and its ties
with Azerbaijan have been discussed from time to time.
"Azerbaijan, which has signed with Turkey a treaty on strategic
cooperation and mutual assistance, does not closely cooperate with the
fraternal country in this issue. Turkey also does not exert appropriate
pressure on Azerbaijan... Otherwise, the PKK would not have such large
capabilities in Azerbaijan," Azadliq newspaper quoted Akbar as saying.
[Translated from Azeri]
Azadliq
Sept 22 2012
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has denied allegations of involvement in PKK attacks in
Turkey in September 2012, opposition daily Azadliq has reported.
Turkish media had reported that technical equipment used during the
attacks had been purchased by a company registered in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev dismissed
the allegations as "nonsense".
The 22 September edition of Azadliq newspaper quoted Abdullayev
as saying that he "doubted" the seriousness of those Turkish media
reports.
Another senior official in Azerbaijan also described the reports as
"provocative".
"We should not believe such provocative reports. The publication of
such false reports in Turkish media is nothing than Armenia's attempt
to cast a shadow on the two countries' relations," private website
teleqraf.com quoted Qafar Aliyev, an official at the Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration, as saying.
The official added that "such reports cannot harm Azerbaijani-Turkish
friendship".
Azadliq said it had been found out that before their attacks, PKK
members carried out reconnaissance and learnt about the movement
hours of vehicles carrying policemen and soldiers using equipment
that taps radio and GSM lines.
"The terrorist organization, which started to operate months ago
for this purpose, bought - by means of a company it had set up in
Azerbaijan - the equipment produced by Israel's Tadiran Telecom,"
Azadliq said.
Political analyst Arastun Oruclu described as "a very serious issue"
the alleged purchase of the Israeli-made equipment by a company
registered in Azerbaijan, which he said is actually idle.
Oruclu said that Azerbaijan's silence on the issue is food for thought.
"This gives grounds to consider that Turkey has very serious facts...
and this material... is neither a product of a journalist's imagination
nor political technology. The fact that the problem has been taken
out to the media means the delivery of a message to Azerbaijan,"
Oruclu was quoted as saying.
Security expert Sulhaddin Akbar stressed that PKK's work and its ties
with Azerbaijan have been discussed from time to time.
"Azerbaijan, which has signed with Turkey a treaty on strategic
cooperation and mutual assistance, does not closely cooperate with the
fraternal country in this issue. Turkey also does not exert appropriate
pressure on Azerbaijan... Otherwise, the PKK would not have such large
capabilities in Azerbaijan," Azadliq newspaper quoted Akbar as saying.
[Translated from Azeri]