Erdogan recited a separatist poem about the Aras River on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border...
(MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey's ambassador to Tehran over the remarks made by Turkish President Erdogan during his visit to the Azerbaijan Republic.
The Ministry’s spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Derya Örs has been summoned following ‘meddlesome and unacceptable’ remarks of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made during his trip to Baku.
Tehran has voiced its ‘strong protest’ against such remarks, urging the Turkish government to offer explanations as soon as possible, according to the spokesman.
During the meeting with the envoy, the director-general of the Foreign Ministry in Eurasian affairs has highlighted that “the era of claiming lands and warmongering empires has long ended”.
The Islamic Republic of Iran will not let anybody interfere in its territorial integrity and as history shows, Iran will not compromise on its national security, the Foreign Ministry official has told ambassador Ors, according to Khatibzadeh.
Earlier on Friday, Foreign Minister Zarif took to Twitter to protest Erdogan. “Pres. Erdogan was not informed that what he ill-recited in Baku refers to the forcible separation of areas north of Aras from Iranian motherland. Didn't he realize that he was undermining the sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan? NO ONE can talk about OUR beloved Azerbaijan.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Baku on Thursday to attend a military parade of Azerbaijani forces on the occasion of the liberation of the occupied territories.
At the ceremony, which was also attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Erdogan recited a separatist poem about the Aras River on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. “They separated the Aras River and filled it with rocks and rods. I will not be separated from you. They have separated us forcibly,” reads part of the controversial poem.
The remarks have drawn reactions and condemnation by Iranian netizens and officials.
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Special aide for International affairs to the Iranian parliament speaker Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a message said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needs to read the history accurately.
ReplyDelete"Recent @RTErdogan remarks made me astonished," Amir-Abdollahian wrote in his Twitter account on Friday.
"I wonder Turkish Pres. doesn't know what he said. Mr. President, there's difference btwn neighborhood & expectation for expansionism," he added.
"Please read ACCURATELY the history of #Iran & the history of the Islamic Republic in particular," he noted.
Erdogan traveled to Baku on Thursday to attend a military parade of Azerbaijani forces on the occasion of the liberation of the Armenian-occupied territories.
At the ceremony, which was also attended by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, he recited a piece of poetry, including separatist sentiments about the Aras River which runs along the Iran-Azerbaijan border.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Turkish envoy to Tehran Derya Örs has been summoned over interventionist and unacceptable remarks made by President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his trip to Baku.
Turkish ambassador was summoned by foreign minister’s advisor and managing director of Eurasia department and was briefed on the fact that Iran is seeking for Turkish government’s urgent response.
The Turkish ambassador was informed that the era of territorial claims and warmongering and expansionist empires was over.
Iran will not let anybody interfere in its territorial integrity and will not compromise over its national security.
El Ministerio de Exteriores iraní ha convocado este viernes al embajador de Turquía en Teherán, Derya Örs, para trasladarle su "fuerte protesta" a raíz de un poema recitado por el presidente turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, durante su visita a Bakú. Los versos lamentan la división de la región histórica de Azerbaiyán entre Irán y la República de Azerbaiyán.
ReplyDeleteDurante el encuentro con el enviado, el director general de la Cancillería para asuntos euroasiáticos recordó que "hace tiempo que terminó la era de la reivindicación de tierras y de imperios belicistas".
Asimismo, advirtió que la República Islámica no permitirá que nadie interfiera en su integridad territorial, y que no comprometerá su seguridad nacional, según el portavoz Saeed Khatibzadeh.
DeletePreviamente, el canciller de la nación, Mohamad Yavad Zarif, condenó los comentarios de Erdogan en su cuenta de Twitter, señalando que el presidente turco "no fue informado" de que lo que recitó en Bakú se refiere "a la separación forzosa" de áreas "de la patria iraní".
"Nadie puede hablar de nuestro amado Azerbaiyán", escribió Zarif, refiriéndose a la región en el noroeste de Irán poblada principalmente por azeríes.