HULUSI KILIC: TURKEY WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT AZERBAIJAN

Baku, 26 December,(AzerTAj)“Turkey will always support Azerbaijan” Turkish
ambassador said Thursday at a press conference in Baku.
The ambassador described the year 2008 as very important for development of
Azerbaijan-Turkey relations.
Hulusi Kilic noted presidents and premiers of the two countries have held 10
meetings during the current year.
He also touched upon bilateral economic ties, saying the trade turnover of 2008 saw
$2.5 billion increase in comparison with last year`s $1.5 billion.
Kilic noted Turkey and Azerbaijan are successfully cooperating in transnational
oil-gas projects, adding the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will start to operate in
2010.
The Turkish diplomat underlined Turkey backs the soonest solution of
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.
On the “apologizing to Armenians” campaign, Hulusi Kilic stressed Turkish people did
not commit any crime to to apologize. He added those who joined the campaign are
going the wrong way.
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