BAKU - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc paid a visit on Tuesday to Sangachal Terminal, the starting point of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Azerbaijan.
Officials at the terminal told Arinc that they would start pumping oil from the pipeline in May, and the first oil would reach Ceyhan in August 2005. They also said that the region would become the third biggest oil terminal of the world in 2008.
Later, Arinc visited the 'Hope Village' where people, who are forced to leave their homes following Armenian occupation, have been settled.
In the meantime Arinc said that Turkey had been supporting Azerbaijani people.
''The occupation of Upper Karabakh should come to an end as soon as possible. Turkey and Azerbaijan have been expending joint efforts on international platforms to this end. As a result of their initiatives, the Council of Europe adopted a resolution asking Armenians to withdraw from the region,'' Arinc added.