November 18, 2002 - 19:00 AMT
TURKEY HARDLY TO GIVE UP ITS PLANS TO CLEAR ARMENIANS OUT OF ARMENIAN LANDS
It is naive to think that Turkey and its sister state Azerbaijan will give up their plans to clear Armenians out of the Armenian lands, that is a part of the Great Turan idea. As "Arminfo' agency states, Nagorno-Karabakh parliament deputy, foreign relations commission member Maksim Mirzoyan has stated that commenting on Islamic forces' coming to the power in Turkey and the statement of leader of the "Justice and Development" party wining at the parliamentary elections Erdogan on assisting Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh confrontation settlement. According to Mirzoian, the Islamite coming to the power has already managed to declare that both Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan are Turkish territory. And what is more, they pretend to "South Azerbaijan" (Iran) too, which is fraught with serious upheavals in the region. "That is why we have to be cautious and conduct distinct and balanced foreign policy", the deputy noted.