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The Turkish government is sending troops to Nagorno-Karabakh to monitor the situation there. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire last week.
The Turkish parliament has approved the dispatch of soldiers to Azerbaijan to monitor the ceasefire in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The troops will be stationed at a joint center with Russian soldiers, state news agency Anadolu reported on Tuesday. Mediated by Russia, belligerent neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire for Nagorno-Karabakh last week.
The mandate of the Turkish troops is initially limited to one year. The decision on the exact scope is in the hands of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Anadolu reported. The vote was considered a formality. Erdogan’s ruling conservative-Islamic party AKP has a majority there in alliance with the ultra-nationalist MHP.
