Turkey could face the need to commit an act against Baku's interests: Geybulla Ramazanoglu

When it comes to the opening of the Armenia-Turkey border, Ankara will never take any step without considering Azerbaijan's interests. However there might be occasions that Ankara could face the need to make a certain decision and thus unpremeditatedly commit an act against Baku's interests Geybulla Ramazanoglu,adviser to Turkish Prime Minister said in an interview with Azerbaijani new agency Trend.

“To my mind, Turkey will never take any step without considering Azerbaijan's interests. However, in some issues Ankara can face the need to make a certain decision and thus unpremeditatedly commit an act against Baku's interests.

Asked about Turkish President Abdullah Gul's motivation to evade a direct answer to a question about the opening of Turkish-Armenian border during NATO military exercises while at a news conference in Baku Mr Ramazanoglu said: “It is quite obvious that if one doesn't want to discuss any serious question he/she evades answering them. Diplomacy is the ability to hide the reality, not to talk about it. I think Abdullah Gul could specifically answer "no" to the question about the possibility of opening the Turkish-Armenian border during NATO military exercises.”

Asked whether superpowers like US and Europe exert pressure on Turkey to open the border with Armenia Ramazanoglu said that this issue has a real side which was made public.
“In diplomatic circles you will not hear a phrase "we are under pressure" both by the Turkish officials, and representatives of other countries. But even someone without political education understands that nowadays there are certain countries, whose desire solves many questions. How do they implement their plans if there is no pressure? So, there is pressure, but its form of expression is different. Sometimes these powers can put the country before the fact,” explained he.