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21 November 2016

By Orkhan Quluzade – Trend.Az

Azerbaijan will develop even more rapidly after its occupied lands are liberated, Yalcin Topcu, chief advisor to the Turkish president, said in Baku Nov. 21. He said the United Nations and other international organizations adopted resolutions proving that the Azerbaijani territories have been occupied by Armenia.

“However, these resolutions are not implemented yet.”

As for the Turkey-Azerbaijan relations, Topcu said the whole Turkic world is one family, while Turkey and Azerbaijan are twin brothers.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.