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Azerbaijani parliament to appeal to French Senate protesting against decision on so-called â€œArmenian genocideâ€

30 December 2011 09:51 (UTC +04:00)

Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov underlined the importance of this appeal.

â€œThe Azerbaijani parliament must issue a statement. A number of French senators support Turkey and Azerbaijan, but it would be better if this statement is issued. It should be noted that most of the senators do not know where Armenia is located, though they voted for this bill,â€ he said.

Speaker said TurkPA must also appeal to the French Senate.
â€œKazakhstan is chairing TurkPA at present. We must appeal to Kazakhstan with regard to this. Some newspapers write that Azerbaijan does not support Turkey. These are groundless reports. Azerbaijan is the only Turkic-speaking country that expressed position on various levels, including on the level of Foreign Ministry, department chief of the Presidential Administration. Even when on December 24 Turkish Prime Minister phoned to congratulate Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev underlined that Azerbaijan supports Turkey,â€ he said.

Ogtay Asadov offered to set up a commission for preparing the statement.

Commission chaired by MP Mubariz Gurbanli was set up.