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Vice Prime Minister Ali Hasanov: â€œAzerbaijan should rely only on itselfâ€

21 October 2009 14:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. â€œIt doesnâ€™t need to fold hands disappointing with the last developments between Turkey and Armenia. It needs to take lessons from these issues and to be more fighter and more attentive. It doesnâ€™t need to rely on someone. It shows that there are not only double, but multiple standards as well. In this case we have to rely on ourselves, our state, our people and our president and to increase our economic and defense powerâ€, said Vice Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov, APA reports. He said it was impossible to say who would benefit from the last developments. â€œIf any country thinks that it will benefit from these processes, it is wrong. Someone sacrifice something in these processes. Therefore our country should strengthen its economic powerâ€.

Hasanov talked about the events around the ban on Azerbaijani flags at the Bursa stadium. â€œOf course, I can express the opinion of internally displaced persons. Every Azerbaijani citizen concerns about throwing the Azerbaijani flags into the boxes in Turkey. It is disagreeable case that there was such attitude to the national attribute of our country. Turkey seriously takes care about its national attribute. We also concern about our flagâ€.

Hasanov didnâ€˜t rule out third forces could be interested in these processes. â€œThe fact is that Turkey didnâ€™t make any statement on this issue. It would be better if they explained it or apologized. But it didnâ€™t happen. It is regrettable. It is not interesting for us what the neighbor country will do. I think Azerbaijan will not lose, in contrary it will win from the last developments because such issues make us open our eyes. We become sure once again that we have to be more attentive and to rely only on ourselvesâ€.