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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The war continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. On Tuesday (09/29/2020), the Turkish F-16 jets were said to have landed to aid Azerbaijan.
In fact, in the Armenian report, a Turkish F-16 shot down a SU-25 fighter jet after taking off. This occurred amid fierce fighting sparked by attempts to separate ethnic Armenians from the territory that had entered the territory of Azerbaijan.
 Photo: AP /In this image taken from footage released by the Armenian Defense Ministry on Sunday, September 27, 2020, Armenian forces destroy the Azerbaijani tank on the contact line of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have broken out around the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Armenian Defense Ministry says two Azerbaijani helicopters have been shot down. Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said that Armenian forces attacked three Azerbaijani tanks. (Ministry of Defense of Armenia via AP) |
“An Armenian SU-25 aircraft has been shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet … which flew from Azerbaijani territory,” Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Shushan Stepanyan wrote on Facebook. AFP, Wednesday (9/30/2020).
“The Armenian pilot was heroically killed.”
Still, Turkey and Azerbaijan deny these claims. Azerbaijan Defense Ministry spokesman Vagif Dyargahly also called the claim a lie.
“Armenian propaganda,” he said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s press assistant, Fahrettin Altun, called the claim completely false. Earlier, Armenia also said that Turkey sent mercenaries to support Azerbaijani troops.
“Armenia should withdraw from the territory under its occupation instead of resorting to cheap propaganda tricks,” Altun said, although he previously commented on Twitter that his country supports Azerbaijan.
War broke out between the two countries since Sunday (9/27/2020). Almost 100 people have died.
 Photo: Residents watch television as they gather at a shelter to protect themselves against shooting in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, on Monday, September 28, 2020 (Armenian Foreign Ministry via AP)In this photo released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on Monday, September 28, 2020, people watch state television as they gather in a bomb shelter to protect themselves against the bombings in Stepanakert, the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. . . The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities reported that the bombings reached the region’s capital, Stepanakert, and the towns of Martakert and Martuni. Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan also said Azerbaijani bombardments fell within Armenian territory near the city of Vardenis. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia via AP) |
This is the worst since 2016. The two countries of the former Soviet Union have been at war since the 1990s.
The war broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is within Azerbaijan but is led by ethnic Armenians. The majority of the Armenian population is Christian, while Azerbaijan has a Muslim majority.
Armenia supported the desire to separate. However, until now this area is still recognized as the territory of Azerbaijan.
The war between the two countries rekindled concerns about stability in the southern Caucasus. Also, this is an oil pipeline corridor that brings oil and gas to the world market.
The pipeline that delivers Caspian oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan to the world passes near Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia warned in July of a security risk in the southern Caucasus after Azerbaijan threatened to attack Armenia’s nuclear power plant in possible retaliation.
Meanwhile, the United Nations called on the two countries to stop the war. The members of the security council strongly condemned the violence that ensued, much less civilian lives.
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