Journal of Turkish Weekly
June 21 2005
Turkish FM: Karabakh Elections Illegal
Turkey says the elections in occupied Karabakh is illegal.
Press Secretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Namik Tan made an
official statement, which says that the `elections held by Armenians
in occupied Nagorno Karabakh are illegal’.
Namik Tan noted that Turkey is for the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict via dialogue within the frames of Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity and in accord with the principles of jus gentium.
Armenian forces occupied Karabakh and many Azeri towns almost a
decade ago. Yerevan rejected all calls to withdraw. The EU and OSCE
call Armenia ‘occupier’ in Karabakh.