Turkey to Azerbaijan: Stand with us against Israel

[Yervant1]

What goes around comes around!

Did Azerbaijan force Turkey's hand during the protocols? Or was that a an excuse used by Turkey to fail the process.

Would they do the same for their older brother?

 

 

 

 

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4127332,00.html

 

Turkey to Azerbaijan: Stand with us against Israel

By Dudi Cohen

09.25.11, 16:58

 

 

US-based Persian-language website says Turkish ambassador to Baku

urges the former Soviet republic to 'reconsider' its relations with

Israel; warns against 'possible problems' with oil supply.

 

 

The Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan called on Baku to stand beside

Ankara in its diplomatic struggle against Israel and "reconsider" its

relations with the Jewish State, a Persian-language US-based website

reported on Sunday.

 

According to the report, Ambassador Hulusi Kilic said that Israel

should take into account "possible problems" with the oil pipeline

that crosses from Azerbaijan to Turkey, and also supplies oil to

Israel. He did not go into further details.

 

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline supplies 10-20% of Israel's oil

consumption. A similar amount is supplied to Israel by Kazakhstan,

through the same pipeline that crosses through Turkey.

 

 

Responding to the Turkish ambassador's comments, the website quoted

Israel's Ambassador to Baku Michael Lavon Lotem as saying that

third-party interests should not be allowed to affect the strategic

relations between Jerusalem and Baku.

 

Azerbaijan has become an important strategic asset for Israel's

security and foreign affairs. In 2010, the trade between the two

countries totaled more than $2 billion - double than the trade between

Azerbaijan and Turkey.

 

 

Israel also supplies Azerbaijan advanced military equipment and helps

train its army. As part of the cooperation between the two states,

Israeli defense systems manufacturer Elbit Systems recently opened an

office in the former Soviet republic, and is planning to build a plant

for the joint production of unmanned aerial vehicles.

 

Baku has yet to issue a response to the Turkish ambassador's remarks,

but the head of the Azeri Press Office told the local radio station

that Azerbaijan hopes the "crisis between Israel and Turkey ends

soon."

[Arpa]

Thank you Yervant please. I am glad you chose to post this under the Subject Topic- International.

This may give us a chance to participate. The “lobby“is in a panicky disarray like a turkey with ruffled feathers

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2011/09/26/cnn-turk/

 

Ankara urges Baku to revise relations with Israel

Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic has urged the Azerbaijani authorities on behalf of Ankara to revise the economic and military relations with Israel and to back Ankara in tensed Turkish-Israeli situation, Turkish “CnnTurk” news service writes referring to Israeli “Yediot Ahronot” paper.

Israel’s Ambassador to Baku appeared with another initiative calling on Baku not to fail relations with Israel because of any third country.

 

Israel and Azerbaijan record $2 billion trade volume annually. Israeli officers train Azerbaijani soldiers and sell modern armament to Baku. And Israeli “Elbit” company plans a joint production of “Heron” investigative jets in Azerbaijan.

Edited September 27, 2011 by Arpa