Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan continues his contacts in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where he came to attend the 7th Summit of the Conference on Mutual Cooperation and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Minister Fidan made a statement to the press after the summit.
Referring to Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations, Minister Fidan said:
"The principle of two states, one nation manifests itself in all areas. There is an unshakable bond of friendship and brotherhood between our leaders. This bond is a bond that has been tested in very difficult times, times of war and times of crisis. Of course, there may be different perspectives and different approaches on certain issues from time to time. However, we should not allow these to be abused and cause the strategic relations between the two countries to wear down. The unshakable ties and relations of brotherhood between the two countries are important. The strategic solidarity demonstrated by the two countries today is closely followed by the international community. Both today and in our past. Our relations have been and will continue to be decisive in our future. Therefore, we need to avoid attitudes that will erode this. Of course, the Turkish public and the Azerbaijani public have become extremely active and active. What happens in one society affects the other at certain points. There is an interaction in all cultural, political, social and financial areas. Now, when we look at it from here, misinformation on certain issues can lead to serious disinformation activities. "It can play into the hands of those who want to abuse it. I think some artificial problems are exaggerated."
'BROTHERS SPEAK ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF BROTHERHOOD'
Stating that artificial problems will not affect the strategic relations between the two countries, Fidan said, "The leaderships of the two countries are very sensitive and careful about this issue. I received his instructions and directives from our President, especially before I came here. Regardless of the conditions on this issue, the strategic nature of the Turkey-Azerbaijan relationship is above all other issues. However, can there be different approaches and different perspectives on certain issues? It is possible. Brothers talk about this among themselves in accordance with the law of brotherhood. They explain their positions to each other. "There are conditions and different perspectives. This is perfectly normal. We are an ancient nation. We sit down and talk about our own problems in a way that suits us. There is no need to turn them into a propaganda tool on social media. We discussed these issues in this context during our meeting with Mr. President Aliyev. We listened to their perspectives and opinions. The unshakable bond between the two leaders will continue to exist."
Türkiye'S PEACE EFFORTS IN THE BLACK SEA
Referring to the Russia-Ukraine War, Fidan said, "As you know, the developments in the Black Sea, our position has been to stop this war completely from the beginning. We have made very intense efforts on this issue. However, the war does not stop completely due to various known reasons. We have made a very intense effort to at least keep the Black Sea out of this war. We also talked about this with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. We listened to their perspective here. We have talked about it before. There is a proposal prepared by Türkiye. Ukraynalılara da, Rus tarafına da iletmiştik. Bu ülkelerin söz konusu tekliflere karşı bir duruşları var. Onları aldık, onları dinledik. Bu sorunu daha yapıcı bir şekilde nasıl çözebiliriz? Çünkü Karadeniz'deki seyrüsefer emniyeti fevkalade önemli. Bu durum, dünya gıda piyasalarını çok yakından etkileyen bir hale dönüşmüş durumda. Özellikle Afrika ülkelerine buğday ticaretinin riske girdiğini görüyoruz. Diğer taraftan gıda fiyatlarının arttığını görüyoruz. Enerji fiyatlarının arttığını görüyoruz. Karadeniz'in ticarete kapalı olması nedeniyle belli oranda ortaya çıkan çok "Serious negative problems. The Strait of Hormuz is closed and there are restrictions in the Babülmendep Strait from time to time. In addition to all these, as long as the situation in the Black Sea continues, the world economy, especially the developing countries, is in a great trouble. Türkiye is doing its best to solve this."
