It was Turkey who revived resolution of Karabakh conflict: Turkish foreign minister

"Turkey for a short time managed to break the deadlock on the negotiations. Azerbaijani lands are also our lands and we will fight for them,” Davutoglu said in Baku.

He said thanks to the enthusiasm of Turkey the president of Azerbaijan and Armenia held five meetings for five months.

"Turkey in this period reached a much greater success than someone else thanks to "Platform for Stability and Development in the Caucasus” it initiated. At a meeting with President Obama the first question that we raised was Karabakh. The first question was Karabakh again at my recent meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Turkey will always raise this issue, in spite of everything,” the minister said.

"We openly declare the Azerbaijani society that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is precious for us as that of Turkey. We will never inflict any damage to it,” Davutoglu said commenting on the view that the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations will harm the resolution of the Karabakh problem.

He said Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey are the countries of the region that have potential of cooperation.

"In 18 years of occupation we have done and will do everything to liberate the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Both previous and the current government of Turkey will never change its policy on Karabakh, nothing will harm our unity, and will not change strategy on this matter in Turkey,” he said.

Turkish Foreign Minister said that the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov in Baku was "a meeting between two brothers."

"There was a sincere and open dialogue. I note that we are a united side. I personally gave a written order to 120 embassies and 180 consulates of Turkey worldwide to accept Azerbaijanis as Turkish citizens and solve their problems. I said to Mammadyarov "This is your embassy and consulates, and any citizen of Azerbaijan may contact them for solving their problems,” Davutoglu said.

/Interfax Azerbaijan/