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Azerbaijani parliamentarian on Turkish television

14 October 2009 11:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. A group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians are on a visit to Turkey. Turkish TV channels Star, Kanal D, CNN Turk and Haberturk, as well as Ihlas News Agency and Internethaber portal interviewed with the member of the Azerbaijanâ€™s parliamentary group Ganira Pashayeva, APA reports.

Pashayeva pointed out that 20 percent of Azerbaijani lands is under the Armenian occupation for more than 15 years and one million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced persons, who canâ€™t return to their homeland. She reminded that Turkey closed its borders with Armenia in a protest against its invasion in Kalbajar region of Azerbaijan. â€œAzerbaijan considers that Turkey must continue its policy. Turkey shouldnâ€™t open the borders and establish relations with Armenia until the Armeniaâ€™s withdrawal from the occupied territories of Azerbaijanâ€, said Pashayeva.
The parliamentarian also protested the idea that the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations will positively impact on the solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict. â€œIf the Turkey-Armenia relations are established, the Armenian president can introduce it as his success and take more radical position on the issue of withdrawal from the occupied Azerbaijani landsâ€.

Pashayeva also reminded about the statements of Turkish officials that the borders will not be opened until the solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem and said they hoped that the Turkish parliament would not ratify the protocols as an approval of those statements.

Samad Seyidov, Nizami Jafarov, Ali Huseynov, Gudrat Hasanguliyev, Rovshan Rzayev, Akram Abdullayev, Asaf Hajiyev, Mubariz Gurbanli, Ganira Pashayeva, Gultekin Hajibeyli and Fazail Aghamali are in the group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians visited Turkey.