Ahmet Davutoğlu: “It is impossible to maintain status quo in Artsakh”
“It is impossible to maintain status quo in Artsakh, today we can see that,” Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu today announced at the plenary sitting at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). He announced that the Armenians must be warned to stop the aggressive operations, as not only soldiers are killed as a result of it, but also civilians. While speaking about the border tension, Davutoğlu also touched upon Nakhijevan. He also touched upon Crimea, calling it an occupied territory, “As a result of annexation many Tatars living in Crimea had to leave that territory. It is unacceptable,” noted Davutoğlu. A question was addressed to Turkey’s Prime Minister that how his country is going to join the EU, when human rights are often violated in Turkey. The question met with applause. Davutoğlu didn’t agree opposing, “Elections were held in our country, everybody was able to speak, express himself. Let’s take the most read and sold newspapers in Turkey; they belong to the opposition, they criticize the President, Prime Minister, no one points at them.” Davutoğlu also touched upon the Kurds and said that there is no discrimination towards them in his country, “Even in the chamber headed by me there are ethnic Kurds,” he added. He urged everybody not to give in to negative propaganda, but visit Turkey. To remind, during this speech outside the CoE building the Kurds were staging a protest action, a part of whom had come from Germany. They blame the Turkish authorities for fascist ambitions.
