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Turkish PM Erdogan: No Change in Karabakh Policy |
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Thursday, 19 February 2009ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected reports in Azerbaijani media that Turkey has revised its policy on not normalizing relations with neighboring Armenia unless it ends its occupation of Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"There is no difference between our position and Azerbaijan's position on Nagorno-Karabakh," Erdogan said in response to a question. "Azerbaijan's righteousness is established by UN resolutions."
Erdogan also said he may meet US President Barack Obama in April, on the occasion of a summit of G-20 countries. Obama phoned ErdoÄŸan on Monday and Erdogan said they discussed a number of issues, including the Armenian diaspora's efforts to win US recognition for Armenian claims of genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. Armenians rioted against Istanbul government during the First World War and armed Armenian nationalists sided with the occupying Russian forces. The Ottoman State decided to relocate many Armenians to another provinces. The civil war and war curcumstances caused great number of Armenian loses while more than 520.000 Turkish and Kurdish civilians were massacred by the Armenian terrorists and gangs.
About 20 percent of Azerbaijan has been under Armenian occupation. Apart from Karabagh many other Azeri towns were also occupied by the Armenian forces with the Russian support and encouragement.
Another problem between Turkey and Armenia is the border issue. Yerevan does not recognise Turkey's unity and calls the eastern provinces of Turkey 'Western Armenia'.
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Thursday, 19 February 2009
Journal of Turkish Weekly
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