Iran warns Turkey against abusing humanitarian issues for politicsMarch 27, 2017 - 13:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi slammed recent remarks by Turkish PM and his deputy on migrants and described them as strange, Mehr News Agency reports. “Unfortunately, the meddling, trouble-making and baseless remarks by Turkish officials about their neighboring countries continue, and they try to justify their interfering and expansionist policies through blaming others and repeating their fictitious claims,” said Ghasemi on Sunday, March 26 evening about the recent remarks of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. The spokesman also rejected the claims made by Turkish deputy prime minister that a wave of three million migrants may enter Turkey from Iran. He described the claims very strange and advised the Turkish officials to "learn lessons from Iranians who have given home to millions of foreign refuges for more than three decades and have never abused the humane and humanitarian affairs to reach political purposes plotted against any country. It’s been more than thirty years that Iran has been hosting millions of refugees from neighboring countries.” He also advised the Turkish to respect the sovereignty of neighboring countries and the will of Syrian and Iraqi nations who have chosen their governments, in addition to not mixing humanitarian affairs in political struggles. “Respect to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all neighboring countries are the best picks of The Islamic Republic of Iran for bolstering and expanding relations between nations and countries,” affirmed the Iranian official. “Constructive dialogue is the best method for enhancing and cementing ties with neighboring countries in opposition to accusing the neighbors.” Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |