AZERBAIJAN RESTORES TURKISH FLAGS AT MONUMENT
Today’s Zaman
Oct 28 2009
Turkey
Turkish flags that were removed from a monument to Turkish soldiers in
Baku earlier this month amid political tension over Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement were raised again on Tuesday night.
Turkish flags that were removed from a monument to Turkish soldiers in
Baku earlier this month amid political tension over Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement were raised again on Tuesday night, signaling an end
to a controversy that strained ties between the two allies.
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Azerbaijan removed flags from a monument to Turkish soldiers who fell
while fighting for Azerbaijan’s independence in 1918, reportedly
in retaliation for Turkey’s decision, at the behest of the world
soccer governing body FIFA, to ban Azerbaijani flags during a World
Cup qualifying match between the national teams of Turkey and Armenia
earlier this month. Azerbaijani flags were seen in a garbage bin as the
police collected them at the entrance to the stadium, angering Baku.
Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kılıc, who watched as
Azerbaijani authorities raised the flags near the monument on Tuesday
evening, said the development was pleasing. "The fact that our flags
are being put back into their place show that Turkey and Azerbaijan
are two nations that cannot give up on each other," he said.