(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
MP Efkan Ala, Deputy Chairman of the Justice and Development
Party (AK Party) in charge of foreign affairs, has said that
Turkiye takes into account Azerbaijan's stance on the normalization
of ties with Armenia, Azernews reports.
Ala made the remarks at a joint press conference in the New
Azerbaijan Party's central office on June 16, the report added.
He stated that Turkiye continues meetings as part of the process
of normalizing relations with Armenia.
“Meetings of special representatives were held. We expect the
relationship to improve. I hope that the other side also focused on
this. Results will be achieved that will benefit not only the two
countries but all states of the region,” he said.
Speaking of the Turkiye-Azerbaijani ties, Deputy Chairman Ala
stated that the nations have extremely excellent connections and
that everyone is encouraged to learn from this brotherhood.
The MP emphasized the significance of his travel to Azerbaijan
on the first anniversary of the signing of the Shusha Declaration
on the allied relations between the two nations.
The visitor expressed delight with his participation in the
international conference dedicated to this historic occasion in
Shusha, saying he was glad to see the historical Turkic city of
Shusha liberated from the Armenian occupation.
Ala stressed that friendship and fraternity between Turkiye and
Azerbaijan have grown and developed over the years. According to
him, the Turkish-Azerbaijani ties have achieved a new level as a
result of Turkiye's support and continued collaboration with
Azerbaijan during the 44-day war that saw the liberation of
Karabakh from occupation in 2020.
In this regard, Turkiye stands by Azerbaijan with all its might
in the post-war period on the path of rehabilitation and
reconstruction of the liberated Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly stated this
position, he added.
So far, the two fraternal countries have carried out significant
cooperative initiatives. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline,
Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, and
other projects are vivid examples of this.
“At the same time, we have boosted the two nations' trade
turnover to $ 5 billion. However, our objective is to increase this
sum to $ 15 billion or more. Concerning our parties' connections,
we signed a cooperation pact last year, and extremely strong links
have been developed between the YAP and the AK Party. These
relations will be a driving force for the two countries to move
forward as a single nation,” the Turkish MP stressed.
In assessing the work done over the last year since the signing
of the Shusha Declaration, Ala stated that the Declaration signaled
the beginning of a new age of peace in the Caucasus. This document
is useful not just to Azerbaijan and Turkiye, but to the entire
region, he underlined.
The official stressed that the region witnessed the beginning of
a new era following the end of the long-running occupation and
Azerbaijan's victorious war to liberate Karabakh in line with
international law. The building of peace in the Caucasus is a major
objective of this period, and Turkiye and Azerbaijan are taking
significant steps in that direction. At the same time, a good
regional format for cooperation in all areas with Armenia, Georgia,
Russia, and Iran, has been proposed, he added.
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