Turkey’s Armenian policy subcontracted to a few Armenophiles and Turcophobes?

Cengiz Aktar is incorrect and misleading on numerous points in his article (“Turkey’s Armenian policy subcontracted to Azerbaijan?” Today’s Zaman, Tuesday, March 8, 2012, p. 15).

Usage of selective facts and memories, coupled with poor knowledge of world’s history, and a liberal agenda that opposes anything remotely “nationalistic” and favors kissing up to traditionally unfriendly nations, are probably to blame for Dr. Aktar’s stance (which contravenes the position of majority of Turks, according to all polls). On a more personal level, Dr. Aktar of course blames Azerbaijan, and its people, as well as all Turkish “nationalists” – who are, apparently, some 70% of the entire nation – for the flop of his insensitive, to put it mildly, campaign “Ozur diliyoruz” in 2008.

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Posted by blogger Posted in: International Press No Comments » March 2012

Turkish Parliament Issues Statement Pertaining To Khojaly Massacre

Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Relations Commission has issued on Wednesday a statement pertaining to the Khojaly massacre.

The commission unanimously decided to issue the statement, said Chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission Volkan Bozkir.

In its statement, the commission said that Khojaly was a dark page written by Armenia in history.

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Posted by blogger Posted in: International Press No Comments » February 2012

France Can No More Act As A Mediator In Upper Karabakh Issue

Turkish premier has called on France to quit as a member of a group aimed at securing a settlement to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Upper Karabakh.

“France has clearly shown that it is a side [in the Upper Karabakh dispute] after adopting a law penalizing denial of Armenian allegations on Ottoman era incidents of 1915, which is why it has to step down from the Minsk Group,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an interview on the Azeri national TV network, ANS.  Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by blogger Posted in: International Press No Comments » February 2012

Karabakh peace conditional on ‘overthrow of Armenian regime’

An Azerbaijani official has said that progress cannot be made on a Karabakh peace deal until the “fascist regime in Armenia is overthrown”.

Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, who is also chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Refugees and Displaced Persons, made the comments on Friday during discussions of a book by the head of the Presidential Administration, Academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, “Goris 2010: Theater of the Absurd”. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, International Press No Comments » May 2011

Russian, US, French leaders call for Karabakh peace

The presidents of Russia, France and the USA have issued a statement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The three countries co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body seeking a settlement to the conflict.

The presidents, Dmitriy Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama, issued the statement at the G8 summit in Normandy on Thursday, APA reported. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, International Press No Comments » May 2011

Sarkozy concerned about Karabakh delays

French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, who is on a three-day visit to France, home to one of Europe’s largest Armenian communities. Sarkozy expresses concern about lagging diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, his office says

French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed concern Wednesday about lagging diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, his office said.

Sarkozy laid out his concerns during a lunch meeting in Paris with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian, and urged both sides to make “the necessary efforts and compromises,” a French presidential spokesman said.

The French leader said he was concerned that a diplomatic process initiated about 18 months ago was losing steam, the spokesman said on condition of anonymity, citing government policy. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Turkish Press No Comments » March 2010

Armenian parliament’s speaker: Armenia not to debate protocols until Turkish parliament ratifies them

The National Assembly of Armenia (parliament) will not discuss the protocols on normalization of relations with Turkey unless they are ratified by Turkish parliament, Armenian parliament’s Speaker Ovik Abrahamyan said.

“Attempts to link Karabakh conflict settlement process with normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations are ungrounded and unacceptable,” Hovik Abrahamyan said when commenting on yesterday’s statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Turkish Press No Comments » December 2009

Sarkozy-Aliyev meeting discusses energy, Karabakh

French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev in Paris on Wednesday.

In a written statement, the French presidency said the leaders had agreed to expand bilateral relations and trade volume between the two countries and expressed their wish to develop a “strategic partnership.”

France said it wants to develop economic relations with Azerbaijan, including those in the field of energy, such as oil and natural gas. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Turkish Press No Comments » December 2009

Torrent of bitterness on the Turkey-Armenia border

There is more than the River Araxe separating the villages of Halikislak in Turkey and Bagaran in Armenia — a sealed border and a torrent of animosity divides their countries.

The 300 people in Halikislak and 700 in Bagaran are never allowed to meet. But hopes of an end to the isolation have been raised on both sides by an accord announced this week by the governments of Armenia and Turkey to move to end their century of hostility.

Memories of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire run deep between the countries even though the villages either side of the river have much in common. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press No Comments » April 2009

Third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum to be held in Vienna

International Alert organization is organizing the third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum for support of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict to be held in Vienna on March 24-27.

 The topic of the forum “Security: Challenges and opportunities, and mechanisms to build trust”. The aim of the forum is to create an area of a dialogue between experts and public representatives of all conflict parties on the issues of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, International Press No Comments » March 2009

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