Azerbaijani MP condenms Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla

“I share the position of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Presidential Administration over the recent happenings between Israel and Turkey. I condemn what has happened. I condemn any country that causes human loss,” Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament of Jewish origin Yevda Abramov said.

He says one should not hurry while assessing the happenings. According to the parliamentarian, the incident is being investigated at the highest level. Yevda Abramov noted that both sides should not succumb to emotions.

“I reiterate that I do not want anyone to be hurt, let alone death of twenty people…” he said.

Abramov expressed his regret that the relations between Turkey and Israel have cooled.

“If those ships carried nothing that might damage Israel’s territorial integrity and security, then Israel’s action must be condemned. This incident may lay conditions for a new confrontation in the Near East. Some states may misuse it for their interests,” the MP said.

“I am grateful to Azerbaijani people for my education, living conditions and achievements. You must know that I am a member of the Azerbaijan-Israel inter-parliamentary friendship group. I have to be unbiased. If I don’t speak correctly, tomorrow Israeli parliament and other government agencies will not accept me. I successfully raised the problems of Azerbaijan and Turkey in Israel many times. Today some media organizations criticize Azerbaijan that it does not stand by Turkey. But Azerbaijan is always supporting Turkey”.

The parliamentarian of Jewish origin gave some interesting details about the incident. According to him, those, who are talking about the incident, don’t know many things. “Israeli intelligence service has some materials. They demanded a map of humanitarian aid group’s route and list of cargo they carried, but they didn’t meet these demands. Israel forwarded this cargo to Palestine. They should do it together. The foreign intelligence obtained information that there were several members of international terrorist groups. While landing forces entered the ship they tore their passports and threw to the sea. …I can say only that Turkey is a powerful country. Such actions against it, are unacceptable”.


/APA/