April 25, 2006 - 15:19 AMT
Turkish Embassy in Baku Registered No Incidents Relating to Armenian Genocide
The Turkish Embassy in Baku registered no incidents relating to the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, stated Embassy Spokesperson Bulent Ugur. «Due to the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Turkish MFA has instructed all its diplomatic missions to take special security measures,» he remarked.

In his words, «reports from Ankara said incendiary mixtures might be thrown on the Turkish Embassy in Baku. Responding to reports of this kind is part of routine work. However, as expected, no incidents were registered,» B. Ugur said. When speaking at Asia University on April 24 Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Turan Morali also confirmed there was «a threat against the Embassy by phone,» Trend reports.