Turkish opposition leader named "the first step to maintain stability in Caucasus"

“First step to maintain stability in the Caucasus must be withdrawal of Armenians from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan."

"Without this first step, other remaining steps will not give any results”, said the leader of Turkish Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deniz Baykal in his interview in Istanbul.

Reminding that there isn’t any reflection on ending the occupation of Karabakh in the protocols signed with Armenia, Baykal said that signing of the protocols in such a way was a wrong step.

"The main mistake was a desire to solve the problems between Armenia and Turkey, bypassing the Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict. But today Turkish flags are burned and portraits of the Turkish President, the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey thrown under foot on the streets of Armenia. The process with an erroneous foundation is at impasse now," Baykal added.


/APA/