Azerbaijan is confident of seriousness of Turkish government's statements: ambassador

Azerbaijani people and the government are confident of seriousness of the statements of the Turkish president, prime minister, foreign minister and speaker of the parliament on impossibility to open the border with Armenia without settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Turkey Zakir Hashimov said.

Hasimov made this statement at a meeting with Head of the Turkish Grand Unity Party Yalcın Topcu, in response to Topcu's statements on non-observance of Azerbaijani interests in the Armenia-Turkey protocols.

"The cause of these statements [by Yalcın Topcu] is that the protocols do not include Karabakh issue," Hashimov said.

Earlier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an exclusive interview that Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10.

The foreign ministers will come together on Oct. 10, or Oct. 11 and sign the draft document.

Foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Eduard Nalbandian will ink two protocols, the texts of which had been agreed earlier and internationally hailed as a major breakthrough,the prime minister said.

"Our efforts are not against our brother Azerbaijan. We will not agree on anything what is against the interest of Azerbaijan. We can approach the agreement but it definitely depends on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement," Erdogan added.

/Trend News/