ArmInfo. Official Yerevan has responded to statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made yesterday in Baku and today in Ankara, as well as the territorial claims of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Thus, Official Representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Anna Naghdalyan, referring to today's statement by Erdogan at a meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), regarding the fact that "in no period in history has Turkey killed civilians, never carried out and will not carry out any genocide, " stated that after the Turkish leader on April 24 of this year tried to justify the Genocide of the Armenian people on his historical land, not a single statement by the Turkish leader on this topic is worthy of attention.
Meanwhile, at the request of the araratnews portal, to comment on the statements of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey made at the VII Summit of the Turkic Council in Baku, the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson noted that the Azerbaijani president once again expressed claims on Armenia and the Armenian territories, this time seasoning them with pan-Turkic accents. "The distorted views of Azerbaijan and Turkey on regional security and approaches based on racism and discrimination impede the peaceful resolution of conflicts, contributing to instability in the region and beyond. All this also emphasizes our priorities in the region, namely, ensuring the security of the Armenian people," summed up Naghdalyan.
Yesterday, Erdogan said that Turkey will continue to make every effort to peacefully resolve the Nagorno- Karabakh problem as soon as possible "based on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan." In turn, Aliyev in particular said: , he noted.