Ganira Pashayeva: “The statements Turkey's President Abdullah Gul will make in Armenia and steps to be taken by Turkey after the visit are very important"

"No Azerbaijani can ever agree to Turkish President’s visit to Armenia. This visit hurts us morally. That’s why I will wait till the last minute that Abdullah Gul will refuse the visit. Abdullah Gul himself said he was assessing the invitation. I think while assessing the invitation Gul should take into consideration opinion inside Turkey and position of Azerbaijani public," MP Ganira Pashayev told APA.

The parliamentarian said those who compare Gul’s visit to Yerevan with Azerbaijani officials’ meetings with Armenian representatives are mistaken.

"First, Azerbaijani representatives do not visit Armenia to meet with Armenians. Second, these meetings are held concretely in connection with Nagorno Karabakh conflict and with mediation of OSCE Minsk Group. If Abdullah Gul had met with Serzh Sarkisian in another country or within the framework of an event, this would not have caused so many discussions," she said.

To her, if Abdulla Gul visits Armenia, the statements he will make there are very important: "If Abdualla Gul meets with Armenian mass media and makes strict statements that Armenia has occupied Azerbaijan’s territories and no relations will be established until the liberation of occupied lands and Turkey does not establish any relations with Armenia after the visit, it will ease us a little. That’s why, the statements he will make there and steps to be taken by Turkey after the visit are very important".

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