Nagorno-Karabakh, Canada blocks arms exports to Turkey. Ankara: “They use a double standard.” Amnesty: “Use Cluster Bombs”

All eyes are on Turkey. IS Ankara, according to various international actors, the God of the machine behind the new military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh Between Azerbaijan me Armenia. So much so that the Canada is the first country in the world to suspend arms exports to the president’s country Recep Tayyip Erdogan “To further evaluate the situation”, given the information according to which they would be used precisely in the conflict of Southern caucasus. All day when Russia me Bashar al-Assad report the shipment of thousands of Syrian militiamen co-opted by Turkey at the heart of the conflict, a strategy that replicates the launch to conquer Afrin, in northwestern Syria, and to support the Government of Libya National Agreement on Fayez al-Sarraj. me Amnesty denounces the use of cluster bombs in civilians.

Canada stops selling drones to Turkey. Ankara: “Double standards are used”
To announce the decision of Ottawa was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Francois-Philippe Champagne, who ordered ainvestigation in this regard and expressed “Canada’s concern over the ongoing conflict in the region, where villages are being bombed with civilian victims.” A request that had reached the executive of the Armenian community in Canada, along with the Plowshares project, Canadian Peace Research Institute, who lobbied to stop selling drones to turquia.

The ally response lasts Then who accused Ottawa of “Double standard”: “We hope that Canada will follow a policy free of double standards and act without being swayed by anti-Turkish circles,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Canada’s move does not fit “into the soul of the alliance (Born, ed) “, The Turkish statement reads, noting that Ottawa” sees no problem “in arms exports to countries involved in the crisis. Yemen.

Russia and Assad: “Erdogan sent terrorists from Syria to the Caucasus”
To the head of the Russian Foreign Secret Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin“It is the first time that Turkey has so openly and unequivocally taken sides with Azerbaijan. The intensification of the armed conflict in Karabakh is attracting militants from various international terrorist groupsHe added later.

Words similar to those uttered by Syrian President Assad, who accused Erdogan of sending “Terrorists” of Syria to fight alongside Azerbaijan: “Support the terrorists in Syria me Libya and he was the first to foment the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia “with” the usual methods “and” the great powers and rich countries “that support Ankara are” accomplices “of Turkey.

Amnesty: “Use cluster bombs, hit civilians”
Amnesty International denounces the use of cluster bombs, prohibited by the UN Convention In this regard, from Azerbaijan: “Azerbaijan-Armenia, used cluster bombs in the city of Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh. The use of cluster bombs is prohibited under international humanitarian law. Its use to attack inhabited centers is very dangerous. Prioritize protection of civilians“Wrote the NGO on Twitter.

“Amnesty International experts have identified as a model cluster bombs dropped, allegedly by Azerbaijani forces, in residential areas of Stepanakert M095 DPICM Of Israeli manufacture – they add – after validating the images related to the use of cluster bombs in the city of Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh and attacks in the city of Shushi, in Azerbaijan, Amnesty International urged all parties to the conflict to give the highest priority to the protection of the civilian population ”.