‘Liberation of Azerbaijan’s occupied territories remains main direction of Turkey’s foreign policy’

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a speech at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers within the Summit of Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States and strongly criticized non-constructive position of Armenia in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

APA reports quoting AzerTAc news agency that Davutoglu said that Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict is an obstacle standing in the way of stability in the South Caucasus: “Liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan remains main direction of our foreign policy and after this we will work in this direction. We strongly protest the occupation of Azerbaijan’s 20% territories and forcibly exiling of our Azerbaijani brothers from their lands. We are seriously concerned about unsuccessful negotiations, which have been continuing for 20 years. It will be difficult to achieve peace, stability and tranquility in the South Caucasus and Middle East unless the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be settled peacefully within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.”

Davutoglu noted that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be settled within norms and principles of international law, as well as the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Turkey will continue its attempts in this direction.



/APA/