Turkish prime minister assured Azerbaijani MPs that there is no reason for concern: Azerbaijani MP

"This visit was very constructive for the Azerbaijan-Turkey relations," the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee on International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations and VicePresident of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Samad Seyidov said at the news conference on results of the Ankara visit on Oct.16

A group of Azerbaijani MPs tripped to Ankara to discuss Turkey-Armenia protocols on normalization of ties between the two countries.

Foreign Ministers Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey and Edward Nalbandyan of Armenia signed Turkey-Armenia protocols to resume diplomatic relations and reopen border in Zurich on Oct. 10.

Armenian-Turkish diplomatic ties have been severed since 1993 due to Armenia's claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands.

This visit was also important in view of current important issues, Seyidov added.

"Our aim is not to protest the Ankara-Yerevan protocol, but to express our warnings on this matter and let them known about possible results of this relations," Seyidov said.

Seyidov also said that during the meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyib Erdogan, Erdogan noted there is no reason for concern.

Erdogan said that the protocols will not be ratified until Armenia withdraws its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, Seyidov said.  

At the meeting with Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Shahin, the speaker also said that the parliament will not ratify the paper contradicting Azerbaijan's interests, he said.

/Trend News/