Top Turkish official blames ill-wishers for attempts to tarnish Azeri ties
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek has moved
to bring clarity to some media reports claiming Ankara was failing
to take a tough stance against Armenia over its many-year-long
policy of occupation against Azerbaijan.
"Turkey has always backed Azerbaijan`s fair position. Those who think otherwise are trying to cast a shadow on the relations between the two countries," Cicek told the Baku-based ATV channel.
Radio Liberty`s Armenia service reported that Turkey had backed down from its demand put forward to Armenia on pulling out from the occupied Azerbaijani territories for the sake of normalizing its relations with Yerevan. It said Ankara merely insists on establishing a joint commission of historians to study the 1915 developments in Ottoman Turkey that Armenia claims amounted to "genocide."
Cicek said such reports were provocative and were being spread among the public by outside forces in pursuit of certain goals. Such information, he added, should not be trusted altogether.
We recall that Burak Ozugergin, the spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, has failed to clarify the issue in his recent statement. The statement, which was released through the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan, said it would be wrong to comment on the matter. He only indicated that the talks underway between Turkey and Armenia targeted normalizing relations between the two countries and that Turkey`s aspiration was to restore peace and cooperation in the Caucasus.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds and the border between the two countries has been closed since 1993 on Ankara`s insistence due to Armenia`s policy of occupation of Azerbaijani territory and Armenian genocide claims. Yerevan is failing both to end occupation and to relinquish its territorial claims against Turkey, as well as continues propagating the alleged genocide all over the world.
"Turkey has always backed Azerbaijan`s fair position. Those who think otherwise are trying to cast a shadow on the relations between the two countries," Cicek told the Baku-based ATV channel.
Radio Liberty`s Armenia service reported that Turkey had backed down from its demand put forward to Armenia on pulling out from the occupied Azerbaijani territories for the sake of normalizing its relations with Yerevan. It said Ankara merely insists on establishing a joint commission of historians to study the 1915 developments in Ottoman Turkey that Armenia claims amounted to "genocide."
Cicek said such reports were provocative and were being spread among the public by outside forces in pursuit of certain goals. Such information, he added, should not be trusted altogether.
We recall that Burak Ozugergin, the spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, has failed to clarify the issue in his recent statement. The statement, which was released through the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan, said it would be wrong to comment on the matter. He only indicated that the talks underway between Turkey and Armenia targeted normalizing relations between the two countries and that Turkey`s aspiration was to restore peace and cooperation in the Caucasus.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds and the border between the two countries has been closed since 1993 on Ankara`s insistence due to Armenia`s policy of occupation of Azerbaijani territory and Armenian genocide claims. Yerevan is failing both to end occupation and to relinquish its territorial claims against Turkey, as well as continues propagating the alleged genocide all over the world.
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