Turkey is pleased with Azerbaijan's move to hoist back the Turkish flag up to the pole at a war memorial in Baku, Turkish foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

Burak Ozugergin said, "there is no doubt that Turkey and Azerbaijan will, from now on, show full respect to two flags of the Turkish nation."

Azerbaijani officials hauled down a Turkish flag at a war memorial honoring Turkish soldiers in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, after football fans were not allowed to carry Azerbaijani flags at a match between Turkey and Armenia. Turkey and Armenia last month signed an accord to normalize relations and open a border gate.

Turkish Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu travelled to Baku on October 22, Ouzgergin recalled and said that during this visit, Turkish and Azerbaijani officials once again reaffirmed that Turkish and Azerbaijani flags were not considered flags of a foreign state in each countries.

"Turks cemetery" (Martyrdom) was erected in Baku in honour of 1130 Turkish soldiers died fighting within "Caucasian Islam Army" against Armenian and Russian soldiers that occupied Azerbaijan in 1918.


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Güncelleme Tarihi: 29 Ekim 2009, 08:35