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  • ANKARA: Aliyev's Historic Gesture to TRNC: Begins Flights & Trade

    Zaman Online, Turkey
    July 1 2005

    Aliyev's Historic Gesture to TRNC: Baku Begins Flights and Trade
    By Enes Cansever, Mesut Cevikalp
    Published: Friday July 01, 2005
    zaman.com


    Azerbaijan will take more concrete measures to end the isolation
    imposed on Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said
    yesterday, June 30.

    Saying, "I have given the order for charter flights to TRNC" Aliyev
    announced the Azerbaijani companies would open offices in the
    northern part of the island. In Baku for a two-day official visit,
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Aliyev
    yesterday. In a joint news meeting, Aliyev said the Cypriot Turks
    should be saved from isolation and the embargoes imposed on them,
    adding that his country is ready to do its best on the subject.
    Indicating that he gave the order for the start of flights to TRNC,
    Aliyev said Azerbaijani companies would also go to the island, see
    the investment opportunities, and open branches there. The policies
    of the two countries overlapped about Cyprus said Erdogan and Aliyev
    had given him "good news" during the conversation, the Prime Minister
    added.

    Both leaders talked about regional and international issues as well
    as bilateral relations. Aliyev mentioned, the two friendly countries
    would be in close cooperation in the future just as it was in the
    past. The Azerbaijani President thanked the Turkish Prime Minister
    for the support Turkey had given on the "Upper Karabag (Karabagh)
    issue" between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Turkey and Azerbaijan would
    make efforts to take their relations to a further point with the 'two
    states one nation' understanding said Erdogan, indicating, Turkey
    shared the same opinions with Azerbaijan about the Upper Karabagh
    issue: "We are in favor of a solution. Armenia's attitude will
    determine the solution." When reminded that the European Union (EU)
    sets a condition for Turkey to open an Armenian border, Erdogan
    responded: " There is no such thing in the EU Copenhagen political
    criteria. No such thing can be imposed on Turkey. This is Turkey's
    own decision. Turkey knows how it will decide about this."
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