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Parliamentarians express protest against insulting of Azerbaijani flag in Turkey â€“ OPINION POLL

Parliamentarians express protest against insulting of Azerbaijani flag in Turkey â€“ <font color=red>OPINION POLL</font>

20 October 2009 14:09 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. â€œRemoval of the flags in Martyrs Alley of Baku was not correctly explained in Turkeyâ€, Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee of the Azerbaijani Parliament Rabiyyat Aslanova told APA. â€œAzerbaijani flags were also removed alongside with the Turkish flag there. We deeply respect the memory of martyrs buried there. We honor themâ€.

First Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov said â€œhe calls on everyone to respect the Azerbaijani flagsâ€. â€œIt doesnâ€™t need to politicize the issue. If the law was adopted, it should be observedâ€.

Lawmaker Fazail Ibrahimli told APA that there is a law in Azerbaijan about the flags of foreign countries and international organizations and it should be respected. â€œBut there are unwritten laws as well. We have to be careful about the Turkish flags. There is a great policy in the world to instigate the Turkic countries against each otherâ€.

BAXCP Chairman, MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev told APA the law on National flag of Azerbaijan should be amended. He said it was incorrect to remove Turkish flag from the martyrdom place in Baku.

Lawmaker Eldar Ibrahimov condemned the attitude toward the Azerbaijani flag at the Bursa stadium. â€œI felt bad when I saw the insulting of our flagâ€.