Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a speech at a parliamentary congress of the ruling Justice and Development Party. In his speech Erdogan also touched upon the Armenia-Turkey normalization process.

The Turkism PM sharply criticized the Azerbaijani MPs, who had recently visited Turkey concerned over the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, Turkish Medya7 website reports. Erdogan expressed regret such a sensitivbe issues is a thing to play with for Azeri MPs.

According to him, the Azeri MPs arrived in Turkey from Azerbaijan and pursued irrational policy. Erdogan stressed since taking the office, the Turkish party had never left their Azerbaijani brothers alone. Presently, the Armenia-Turkey normalization and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations are interrelated and range with each other. To think anything beyond this means to show disrespect to Turkey and Turkish ruling party, Erdogan stated in his speech.

Referring to the Karabakh peace process, the Turkish Premier said the OSCE MG Co-Chair countries, namely U.S., France and Russia always reminded of the necessity for a swift resolution to the conflict. According to him, today they are consistent on the matter.

“Certainly, we will do our utmost to ensure confidence, stability and peace in the region,” Erdogan concluded.