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Armenia raises serious accusations: ‘Turkey wants to continue genocide against Armenians’
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has warned Europeans about Turkey in light of the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. “I hope for a clear position. If the international community does not correctly assess the geopolitical significance of this situation, Europe should soon wait for Turkey to approach Vienna,” Pashinyan told the “Bild” newspaper, according to an advance notice on Sunday.
When asked if Germany should publicly declare who started the current conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Pashinyan replied: “Yes. And Germany should assess Turkey’s involvement of Syrian-recruited terrorists and mercenaries in this conflict in the region.”
Continue the genocide
After a hundred years, Turkey returned to the South Caucasus “to continue the genocide of the Armenians that took place in Turkey in the fall of 1915,” Pashinyan said. At the same time, he accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of an imperialist policy. This extends much further than in the South Caucasus. “Let’s look at Turkey’s actions in the Mediterranean, Libya, the Middle East and Iraq and Syria,” said Pashinyan.
The Armenian head of government had called German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday. According to the government, it expressed concern about the escalation and demanded “that all parties immediately stop fighting and begin negotiations.”
Intense fight
The struggle between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh had been reignited a week ago. The self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is inhabited mainly by Armenians, is not internationally recognized and is considered part of Azerbaijan under international law.
Russia is considered to be the protecting power of Armenia and maintains a military base there. Moscow also maintains good relations with Azerbaijan and provides it with weapons. Turkey is a close ally of Azerbaijan, also Turkish-speaking; Experts see as proven that Ankara supports Azerbaijan with weapons. Turkey is also suspected of having relocated hundreds of pro-Turkish fighters from Syria to the conflict region. On Sunday, Azerbaijan, for its part, accused Armenia of also using foreign fighters.
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