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Ankara urges Moscow, Paris to take more serious stance towards Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

24 April 2015 [13:08] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Mushvig Mehdiyev

The Russian and French presidents' visit to Yerevan in view of joining the centennial celebrations of the so-called "Armenian genocide" drew criticism from the Turkish leadership in view of their OSCE Minsk Group's mandate.

Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu said Vladimir Putin and Francois Hollande's visit to Armenia to join the "centennial" of the so-called "genocide" in Yerevan called into question the neutrality of the OSCE Minsk Group.

Davutoglu said Ankara called on Moscow and Paris to show a more serious approach towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's settlement.

Turkey supports an irreversible approach in its foreign policy agenda in regard to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Ankara calls for an immediate and unconditional pullout of Armenian troops from the occupied lands as to restore Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders, as well as restore the peace and stability in the region.

Azerbaijan's internationally recognized Nagorno-Karabakh territory was turned into a battlefield and zone of aggravated tensions after Armenia sent its troops to occupy Azerbaijan's lands in the early 1990s. As a result, 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory stands under military occupation of Armenia.

Meanwhile, referring to Putin's use of the "genocide" word in his speech, Davutoglu said he had talks with the Russian foreign minister in this regard.

"We will take all necessary measures in view of this issue," he concluded.

The previous and incumbent Armenian authorities alongside the diaspora, claim that the predecessor of modern Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, carried out a "genocide" against Armenians in 1915 in Anatolia. They annually raise their voice, calling for the recognition of the 1915 events as a "genocide", inviting the international community to unanimously blame Turkey for the actions of its predecessor.

Turkey stands tough against any effort attempting to politicize the "Armenian genocide" claims. As for the Turkish leadership, it noted that "specialists could investigate into the common history of Turks and Armenians only based on impartial scientific facts".

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