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Turkish president talked of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement

11 August 2016 12:16 (UTC+04:00)
Turkish president talked of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement

By Rashid Shirinov

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed a progress observed in the peace over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"There is progress in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Aksam newspaper quoted Erdfogan as saying on August 11.

Erdogan said that if five regions of Azerbaijan are initially liberated from the Armenian occupation, the process of normalization may begin in the region.

“The whole world is aware of the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia. And if everyone recognizes this, then why not to put an end to this occupation?” Erdogan resented.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

Turkish President noted that the U.S., France and Russia for over 23 years have been unable to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “But now Russian President Vladimir Putin is working on this issue,” he said.

Speaking of the establishment of Azerbaijan-Turkey-Russia trilateral format, Erdogan noted that Azerbaijan, as well as Turkey and Russia, expresses a positive attitude to it. “The main purpose of this format is to track and monitor events in the region,” Turkish President added.

On August 9, Erdogan said that Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia may establish a tripartite cooperation mechanism.

Armenia still controls fifth part of Azerbaijan's territory and rejects implementing four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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