Bilal Dundar: Our brotherhood is proved not just in words but in deeds

"The public discussions of this issue started. The Turkish people clearly expressed their protest against the opening of the border with Armenia unless the Karabakh conflict is settled", he said.

According to him, Azeri and Turkish fraternal peoples have repeatedly proved their loyalty to each other in deeds.

"Brothers help each others without waiting for the response. You need to know yout past to look into the future. In the beginning of the last century Azeri soldiers died in Çanakkale in the battles for the independence of Turkey, Azerbaijani women gave their gold ornaments to help the Turkish brothers. Turkish soldiers, in turn, sacrified their lives to free the Azerbaijani lands," emphasized B. Dundar.

He noted that the cause of the closure of the Turkish-Armenian border in 1993 has become the occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani territory by Armenians.

"Taking the decision to open border with Armenia, we must not forget that it occupied Azerbaijani lands, whih turned over a million Azeris into refugees and displaced persons. We will never forget the Khojaly genocide, during which the Armenians killed 613 peaceful Azerbaijanis including women, the elderly and children", he said.

According to him, the Federation sent  letters which condemned the possible steps to open borders with Armenia until the occupied lands of Azerbaijan are released to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, chairman of the Grand Assembly of Turkey, the Turkish political party leaders.

/Day.Az/