Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan, Turkey map out joint projects
Chairman of Supreme Majlis (assembly) of Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan
Autonomous Republic, Vasif Talibov, has visited Turkey’s towns of
Gars and Igdir for talks focusing on joint projects, Turkish media
reported.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting with the Igdir Governor Saim Saffet Karahisarly, Talibov said he had also held fruitful meetings with senior officials in Ankara.
"We discussed construction of the Nakhchivan-Igdir-Gars railway and an Igdir airport and laying the Nakhchivan-Igdir gas pipeline. Moreover, the issue of creating a free industrial area that could be used jointly by Turkey, Iran and Nakhchivan was one of the main topics of discussion. If this project, which will bring benefits to the people in the three countries, materializes, all sides involved will strengthen economically."
Talibov said that during the meetings in Turkey he had become convinced once again that Ankara’s stance supporting Azerbaijan remains unchanged.
"The Turkish government has stated that it will not open the border until the Armenians have pulled out of the Azerbaijani lands they occupy and always says this to the Armenians.
"Armenians today resemble a child who enters a children’s store. Just like a kid wants to buy every toy he sees, Armenians say ‘I want this and that’ every chance they get."
Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 due to the Armenian occupation of a part of Azerbaijan’s territory and claims on the World War I-era "genocide." Turkish officials have pledged that the border will not open until progress has been achieved in settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.*
Speaking to reporters after the meeting with the Igdir Governor Saim Saffet Karahisarly, Talibov said he had also held fruitful meetings with senior officials in Ankara.
"We discussed construction of the Nakhchivan-Igdir-Gars railway and an Igdir airport and laying the Nakhchivan-Igdir gas pipeline. Moreover, the issue of creating a free industrial area that could be used jointly by Turkey, Iran and Nakhchivan was one of the main topics of discussion. If this project, which will bring benefits to the people in the three countries, materializes, all sides involved will strengthen economically."
Talibov said that during the meetings in Turkey he had become convinced once again that Ankara’s stance supporting Azerbaijan remains unchanged.
"The Turkish government has stated that it will not open the border until the Armenians have pulled out of the Azerbaijani lands they occupy and always says this to the Armenians.
"Armenians today resemble a child who enters a children’s store. Just like a kid wants to buy every toy he sees, Armenians say ‘I want this and that’ every chance they get."
Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 due to the Armenian occupation of a part of Azerbaijan’s territory and claims on the World War I-era "genocide." Turkish officials have pledged that the border will not open until progress has been achieved in settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.*
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