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Recep Tayyip Erdogan: â€œArmenia must end the occupation of Azerbaijani lands that we can open the borders with itâ€

09 May 2009 10:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“APA. â€œWe closed the borders with Armenia because occupation of Azerbaijani lands. They must end the occupation that we can open the bordersâ€, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told TRT-Turk, APA reports.

The Prime Minister said there was no problem in the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey. He expressed concern over the disinformation.

Erdogan said it was impossible to accept the historic claims in the issue of relations with Armenia. â€œThere is a reason and a result it caused. The Upper Garabagh was occupied by Armenians. One million Azerbaijanis were expelled from their homeland. Therefore we closed the borders. The occupation is a reason and the closing of borders is a result. They have to lift the reason that we can open the bordersâ€.