ISTANBUL, Feb 10 (A.A) - Parliament Speaker Omer Izgi who visited Azerbaijan as the official guest of his Azerbaijani counter part Murtuz Aleskerov returned home on Sunday morning with a group of deputies who accompanied him.
''We confirmed the excellent level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey and exchanged opinions to further develop economic and cultural relations between us,'' Izgi said.
Izgi also indicated that he listened to the problems of Turkish businessmen in Azerbaijan.
The parliament speaker said he stressed that Turkey would always support Azerbaijan also in the future.
Izgi said he also visited the refugees who escaped from the Armenian occupation and added that he would try to increase the amount of aid sent by the Turkish Red Crescent for these people.
Izgi said the Upper Karabakh problem was the biggest obstacle in front of peace and cooperation in the Caucasia.
''I repeated that Turkey supports a solution that doesn't violate Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and international law and said that Armenia should stop its occupation in the Azerbaijani land,'' he said.
''We expressed our satisfaction with the stage reached in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Sahdeniz projects and the recently held Azerbaijan-Turkey Joint Economic Commission meeting. I proposed once again to form a Parliamentary Association of Brother Countries between our governments. I was greatly honoured by the honourary doctorate I was given by the Baku State University,'' he said.
Izgi said his visit was an important step to strengthen friendly relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Before leaving for Turkey, Izgi also held a news conference in Bine Airport of Baku.
Izgi said that studies were underway regarding the genocide and massacre attempts of the Armenians against Azerbaijanis particularly Hocalý massacre, adding that the necessary things would be done about the issue.
When asked about the possibility of the U.S.'s starting an operation in Iran and Iraq, Omer Izgi said that the region where these two countries were situated was an important region for Turkey. ''Turkey will be definitely informed about an intervention in this region,'' Izgi said.