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Turkey has said it will support Azerbaijan “with all means at its disposal” in the country’s conflict with Armenia, which re-emerged on Sunday morning, Al Arabiya said.
Ankara officials announced their full support for Azerbaijan and called on Armenia to “surrender to aggression” thenWhat fighting and hostilities started in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
“We will support our Azerbaijani brothers by all means in their fight to protect their territorial integrity,” Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in a statement.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan also reacted to the resurgence of the conflict on Facebook: “Armenia, through its attacks on Azerbaijan, has once again shown the world that it is the greatest threat to peace and peace in the region. As always, the Turkish nation stands with the Azerbaijani brothers by all means at its disposal.
We invite the Armenian people to look after its future and protect it from those who use it as a puppet. “
Armenia declared martial law and general mobilization of the army. Azeris claim they captured 6 towns from Armenians
Armenia declared martial law and ordered a full mobilization of the army following clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region with Azerbaijan, the country’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday, according to Agerpres.
“We strongly support our state, our army and we will win. Long live the glorious Armenian army!” Wrote the head of the Armenian executive on Twitter. ed. – Nagorno-Karabakh). The Armenian side will act with confidence in all its capabilities to ensure the safety of the people of Artsah and provide the appropriate political and military response. The political-military leadership of Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the consequences of its aggression, “the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on its website.
Armenia claims that Azerbaijan has carried out an air and artillery strike in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, while the Azerbaijani side says that it has only responded to an attack by Armenian forces which, according to Baku authorities, they launched attacks. “Deliberate and directed” along the front line.
In turn, the Azerbaijani authorities announced that six towns that were previously under Armenian control had been captured, according to AFP.
“We are defending our territory, our cause is right!” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in a message to his compatriots.
In response to the recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani army has announced that a full mobilization is not necessary because it has sufficient military personnel.
The two Caucasus countries have a long-standing dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region on Azerbaijani territory but populated mainly by ethnic Armenians. Although a ceasefire agreement was reached in 1994, Armenia and Azerbaijan are frequently accused of attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the border between them.
The conflict between the two countries dates back to the Soviet Union
The conflict between the two countries has existed for decades, but has intensified in recent months. Both countries were part of the Soviet Union. For more than 40 years, Armenia and Azerbaijan have had a dispute over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians.
Clashes on the border between the two countries in July killed more than 16 people, including an Azerbaijani general, prompting large demonstrations in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. People who took to the streets demanded the mobilization of the army and the reconquest of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Publisher: Adrian Dumitru
