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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edogan made moving statements, demonstrating Turkey’s interference in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
On Monday, Erdogan called for an end to the Armenian “occupation” of Nagorno-Karabakh to end bloody fighting between Armenian-backed separatists and Azerbaijani forces.
“The time has come to put an end to this crisis that started with the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh,” said the Turkish president.
“As soon as Armenia leaves the lands it occupies, the region will regain peace and harmony,” added Erdogan, whose country is the main supporter of Azerbaijan in this conflict.
Turkey considers Armenia to “occupy” Nagorno-Karabakh through separatists who declared an independent republic there in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Erdogan noted that “Turkey will continue to support Azerbaijan’s brother and friend state by all possible means,” and highlighted his country’s continued support for Baku since the beginning of this crisis.
Dozens of people were killed in 24 hours in the battles between separatists in Nagorno Karabakh, backed by Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to the latest figure on Monday, which raised fears of an open war between the two sides.
The European Union considered the situation in Karabakh as “extremely worrying” and any interference in this region “unacceptable”.
Earlier, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that Turkey was providing Azerbaijan with fighter jets and drones, in light of continued violent clashes between Armenian separatists and the Azerbaijani army.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Turkish military experts are fighting side by side with Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is at the center of strained relations between Yerevan and Baku, and the Soviet authorities annexed this mainly Armenian enclave to Azerbaijan in 1921, but declared its independence in 1991 with the support of Armenia.
This was followed by a war that killed 30,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Despite the signing of a ceasefire agreement in 1994 and the establishment of the Russian-American-French mediation under the name “Minsk Group”, clashes continue between the two sides.
The second days of the clashes
Dozens of people were killed on Monday on the second day of violent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region, while there were reports of the use of air forces, missiles and heavy artillery in the fighting.
On the other hand, 28 Armenian separatists from the Nagorno-Karabakh region were killed on Monday in battles with Azerbaijan, as announced by the “Ministry of Defense” in this separatist region that has the support of Yerevan.
It stated that “28 soldiers died during the fighting, bringing the death toll in this camp to 59,” while Azerbaijan did not provide any information on its losses.
