news.az, Azerbaijan
May 15 2010
We have always extended hand of friendship to Armenians-consul
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The newly appointed Consul General of Azerbaijan in Istanbul spoke of
the conditions under which Turkey will open borders with Armenia.
"Azerbaijan supports peaceful solution to the Karabakh problem, but
this does not mean that we will reconcile with the occupation of our
lands. We must not forget Karabakh, we must get it back ", said
Azerbaijani consul general in Istanbul Hasan Zeynalov.
According to Turkishny, he made the statement at a press conference in
Igdir.
According to him, Azerbaijan will be able to achieve this goal only
with Turkey.
"We have always extended a hand of friendship to Armenians, but in
response to our kind steps they committed the Khojaly genocide. We
must inform the world of the truth about the Khojaly genocide. We,
Turks, have been always good to all nations, it comes from our
humanity, but our evil-wishers have always abused our kindness’, he
said.
"At the moment Turkey accounts for 100,000 Armenian citizens residing
there illegally, they in turn support another 500,000 of their
impoverished countrymen in Armenia with their earnings," he said.
According to him, b y insisting on opening the borders with Turkey,
the Armenians put the purpose to cast shadow on the fraternal
relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey.
"Of course, in the future I do not rule the opening of tje
Armenian-Turkish and the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. But this will
happen only when Armenia ceases to make territorial claims to Turkey
and withdraws from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. In the current
situation, the opening of borders does not meet the interests of
either Azerbaijan or Turkey. By insisting on opening the borders with
Turkey, Armenians aim to cast a shadow on the fraternal relations
between Azerbaijan and Turkey. But the Turkish leaders have repeatedly
stated that the borders will not open without the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict", said the Azerbaijani diplomat.
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