Azeris protest opening of Armenian-Turkish border

April 13, 2009 - 20:33 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A protest action against opening of the border with Armenia was held at the Turkish Embassy in Baku. The demonstrators shouted out "Turkey, don't forget Azerbaijan", "Azerbaijan and Turkey: One nation, two states."



They also read out a statement which labels possible opening of the border as betrayal of Turkic community's interests, Azeri Press Agency reports.
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