Actions contradicting Azerbaijani interests are akin to suicide for Turkish leadership: Turkish ruling party official

"The actions contradicting Azerbaijani interests are akin to suicide for Turkish leadership," Tuzman said at a meeting between Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation and representatives of Turkish Justice and Development Party.

He said that Turkish-Azerbaijani relations are not limited to emotional and ethnic kinship. Taking it into account, Turkish authorities can not take actions contradicting Azerbaijani interests, he said.

Azerbaijani MPs participating in the meeting expressed their anxiety over the signing of Ankara-Yerevan protocols.

MPs stated that Azerbaijan does not oppose opening of Turkey-Armenian border provided de-occupation of Azerbaijani lands. Parliamentarians expressed their willing for the Turkish legislative body not to ratify Ankara-Yerevan protocols till Armenia frees occupied territories.

MPs said they believe in Turkish Prime-Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements that it is impossible to open the border till the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts is solved. But they worry about external pressure which Turkish diplomacy can face while solving this issue.  

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the protocol Ankara-Yerevan in Zurich on Oct. 10.

MPs Samad Seyidov, Nizami Jafarov, Ali Huseynov, Ganira Pashayeva, Mubariz Gurbanli, Gudrat Hasanguliyev, Akram Abdullayev, Gultekin Hajibayli, Asef Hajiyev, Rovshan Rzayev and Fazail Agamali held meetings in Ankara to discuss this situation on Oct. 14.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been severed since 1993 due to Armenia's claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands.

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