The Azerbaijani pro-government Ana Vatan Party (AVP) offers to hold a meeting between Azerbaijani and Turkish political parties. "A meeting between political parties of both countries target to remove people's anxiety concerning Turkish-Armenian relations," MP Fazail Agamali, the chairman of the AVP, told journalist on Dec. 11.
Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993 because of Armenia's false "genocide" claims and occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani lands. Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan on September 6, 2008 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan to watch Armenia-Turkey football match within the European Cup. Efforts have been made since then to normalize ties between the two countries. Turkey seeks to mediate in settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ali Babacan, the Turkish Foreign Minister, has organized a meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in New York with this purpose. An initiative group should be organized to hold meeting between Azerbaijani and Turkish political parties, Agamali said. He said that it is necessary to hold such a meting in the current situation.
"Political parties can inform people about Turkish and Armenian relations as a result of this meeting," Agamli said. This issue must be clarified, the chairman of the party said. "This is an order of both societies," the chairman of the party stressed.
The pro-government AVP was established in 1991. Two MPs represented the party at the parliament.
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