Araz Alizade: Turkey can easily neglect Azerbaijan's interests
Many Turks erroneously hope that accession to the European Union will bring them welfare, according to an Azeri politician.
"To become a member of the EU, Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire," said Araz Alizade, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
"Turkey can easily neglect Azerbaijan's interests if Armenians renounce financial compensation for the 1915 events. The whole thing is money. If Turkey, which has over $160 billion debt, is imposed payment of compensations, it will have no future," he said.
"One should not hope that Turkey will press for return of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan," Alizade concluded.
"To become a member of the EU, Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire," said Araz Alizade, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
"Turkey can easily neglect Azerbaijan's interests if Armenians renounce financial compensation for the 1915 events. The whole thing is money. If Turkey, which has over $160 billion debt, is imposed payment of compensations, it will have no future," he said.
"One should not hope that Turkey will press for return of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan," Alizade concluded.
