Turkish premier to visit North Azerbaijan
BayBak, Azerbaijan | 664 days ago | Monday, 25th July , 2011 , 21:37 [pm] | Azerbaijan
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. | In line with Ankara’s diplomatic conventions, following last week’s trip to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), which marked his first visit abroad as head of the new government, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan will pay his second visit abroad to neighboring country Azerbaijan.
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In line with Ankara’s diplomatic conventions, following last week’s trip to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), which marked his first visit abroad as head of the new government, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan will pay his second visit abroad to neighboring country Azerbaijan.
ErdoÄŸan will pay a one-day working visit to Baku on Wednesday, officials from the prime minister’s office told Today’s Zaman on Sunday.
ErdoÄŸan’s visit comes days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Ä°stanbul in mid-July. During talks with Turkey’s leaders, Clinton reportedly called for ratification of two protocols signed in 2009 with Armenia for normalization of bilateral relations.
Clinton urged Ankara not only “to support and advance the protocols†stuck in the Turkish Parliament but also to get into wider contact with Armenia to strengthen confidence so that it further helps to restore diplomatic relations, a US official was quoted as saying by ITAR-TASS.
“Why should only the Armenia-Turkey border be open? Why not open the Armenia-Azerbaijan border? There is one reason and obstacle to the opening of the borders. It is Armenia moving towards a constructive position to leave occupied Azerbaijani lands and thus solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Therefore, we don’t believe that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is aware of these matters or understands them. We see this as pressure not only on Turkey but also Armenia,†Ali Hasanov, the head of the public and political affairs department in the Azerbaijani presidential administration, was quoted as saying over the weekend in response to Clinton.todayszaman
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