Turkey's rapprochement with Armenia & it's consicuenses

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AZERBAIJAN CLOSES TURKISH MOSQUE IN BAKU

• Azerbaijan, which is reacting to Turkey's rapprochement with Armenia, closed a Turkish mosque in Baku, Turkish Vatan newspaper reported. Also, Azerbaijan decided to raise the price of natural gas it is selling to Turkey. Azerbaijani police met religious officials after noon prayers at the Baku Martyrs Mosque, built by Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate. Then, they hang a note on the door of the mosque saying, "The mosque is closed for restoration." Besides, the head of the Azerbaijani oil company said, "the raised natural gas prices will be valid as of April 15." Therefore, Azerbaijan will ask Turkey to pay the retrospective difference. The mosque was built on 28 June, 1995 beside the "Turks cemetery" (Martyrdom) erected in Baku in honor of 1130 Turkish soldiers died fighting within "Caucasian Islam Army" against Armenian and Russian soldiers that occupied Azerbaijan in 1918.

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[MosJan]

TURKEY DENIES AZERBAIJAN NATURAL GAS PRICE RISE

 

The Turkish energy minister denied on Sunday the news that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas it was selling to Turkey. Turkey's Energy & Natural Resources Hilmi Guler said that the stories that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas it was selling to Turkey were "not accurate." "I am having talks with the Azerbaijani executives for two days, and they haven't said such a thing. There is no rise," Guler told reporters. Guler also said that two countries signed a contract, and it is not possible for Azerbaijan to do so. Some Turkish newspapers published news stories on Sunday that Azerbaijan had raised the price of natural gas it was selling to Turkey as a reaction to Turkey's rapprochement with Armenia, Anatolian News Agency reported.