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Erdogan: Occupied Karabakh conflict cannot be ignored
 [AA.TR] Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... Wednesday brought up the situation of occupied Karabakh two days after an Azerbaijani soldier was martyred in a border clash with Armenian forces. Speaking at the Economic Cooperation Organisation’s (ECO) 13th summit in Islamabad, Pakistain, Erdogan said 20 years of negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia had not resulted in a solution to the conflict. "We, particularly, cannot ignore the Upper Karabakh issue," Erdogan said. Erdogan also said that the international mediation group -- the Minsk Group -- had failed to find a peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict.OThe Minsk Group, created in 1992, leads the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)'s efforts to find a solution to the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The president urged ECO countries and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to work together to find a solution to the conflict, stressing that Armenia's "occupant attitude" should be addressed at each international meeting. "We, both as ECO and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, should pay attention [to the situation]," he said. An Azerbaijani soldier was martyred on Monday in a border clash, the country's Defense Ministry said. On Feb. 24, five soldiers were similarly martyred. Last week's incident nearly coincided with the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre of Feb. 25-26, 1992, in which Armenian forces killed 613 Azerbaijanis in Karabakh. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-02 |
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