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Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament: â€œSome try to make provocation between Turkey and Azerbaijanâ€

20 October 2009 11:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. Parliamentarians made speeches on the current issues in todayâ€™s sitting, APA reports. Head of Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, MP Samad Seyidov briefed about the visit of the parliamentarians to Turkey. According to him, they met with the representatives of government and opposition in Turkey and added that Turkey is a big state with its oddities. On the one hand, Turkey is struggling against PKK, on the other hand, wants to send a Kurdish song to Eurovision, is on friendly terms with both Israel and Syria.

The parliamentarian said Turkish and Azerbaijani public should be careful. Samad Seyidov said humiliation of Azerbaijani flags, burning of some Azerbaijani symbols was condemned in Turkey.

Speaker Ogtay Asadov also spoke about Turkey-Azerbaijan relations.
â€œTurkeyâ€™s flag was displayed on the highest place in Azerbaijan-Russia football match in Baku. As I have once said, authorities change, but peoples live forever. Some try to make provocation between Turkey and Azerbaijan. These forces are worse than Armenians. I felt injured, when I saw that Azerbaijanâ€™s flag was humiliated in Turkey. One could take and put it somewhere else,â€ he said.

MP Aynur Guliyeva spoke about the attitude of Azerbaijani opposition towards Turkey.
â€œIn 2003, the opposition declared Turkey its enemy, as the latter did not give support to Isa Gambar. Now it has changed. I advise the opposition to be with the people, authorities under the present circumstances. Turkish opposition is more active than our opposition concerning this issue,â€ she said.