Aliev's Visit to Turkey Right Now was Not Random
2015… The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide… This is a symbolic date which is in the center of the whole world’s attention. 2015 is expected to be a year of uncompromising moods and increased tensions. The visit of the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev to Turkey (his first official visit in 2015) right now was not random.
On January 15 the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was in an official visit in
No Turkish-Azerbaijani meeting has ever been held without the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This meeting was not an exception. Moreover, this time more than ever for the two sides it was necessary to stress the events of November, 2014 calling
The funniest thing is that on the background of all these during the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey, Erdoğan dared to declare Minsk Group’s efforts not "sincere" by adding "We can’t accept what they say". What does this mean? Aren’t the developments on Karabakh-Azerbaijani and the Armenian-Azerbaijani borders an indirect indication that Azerbaijan wants to show that it is not afraid of anything and will continue with that spirit? It is difficult to remember any OSCE Minsk Group statement in which those responsible for bloodshed and provocations are clearly indicated. What should this mean for the Minsk Group? Will it continue making such statements as it did during the incident when the Azerbaijani military shot down a helicopter, which was on a training mission?
In all their statements and in this statement as well the co-chairs of the Minsk Group do not indicate who the violator of the truce was thus not calling the offender to a responsibility. In the helicopter incident there was no criticism towards
As a culmination of what was said in the article, the other declaration of the President of Turkey Erdoğan should be mentioned. As a continuation of the Armenian Genocide denial policy, the President of Turkey in a joint press conference with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev declared April 24 as a date of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale Victory and invited all World leaders, the President of Armenia as well, to take part in this celebration. Ilham Aliyev in his turn thanked Erdoğan for choosing that date by adding: "A very wise step".
Of course, Armenia officially responded to this invitation. This was important especially taking into account the fact that Armenia itself several months ago invited Turkey to respect the memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide together on April 24. In a letter directed to the President of Turkey Erdogan the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan clearly stressed: "Armenians don’t accept being hosted by the guest without receiving a response to the guest’s invitation".
All these show that Turkey will continue its more than 100-years policy against Armenia, even more intensifying its actions especially this year. In this regard, taking into consideration the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, 2015 is expected to be a complicated year for Armenia. To distract the attention of the international community and to continue its anti-Armenian policy Turkey is ready to any provocation including through the hands of Azerbaijan.
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