TURKISH PREMIER PROMISES TO AID NAKHICHEVAN

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 51

. In a movecertain to infuriate both Moscow and Yerevan, Turkish prime ministerTansu Ciller told Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev that Ankarawould provide direct assistance to Nakhichevan, the noncontiguousportion of Azerbaijan largely cut off by an Armenian blockade,Russian radio reported July 12. She also reiterated Turkish supportfor a pipeline route for both Azerbaijani and Kazakh oil whichwould pass through the Caucasus rather than Russia.

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