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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu allowed the provision of military assistance to Azerbaijan in the Karabakh conflict. The international community should now, according to Cavusoglu, support Azerbaijan, as well as Ukraine and Georgia.
Ankara can provide military support to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, if you submit a request. So far, Turkey sees that Baku has sufficient capabilities of its own, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on September 30 in an interview with the Turkish newspaper Nurriyet.
Cavusoglu accused Armenia of violating the international system and laws. He noted the inadmissibility of leaving this unanswered. Azerbaijan is morally and legally right, therefore, the international community should support it, like Ukraine and Georgia, said the Turkish minister.
He cited the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, who convinced his Turkish partners to wait for the events to unfold in Karabakh. Aliyev said about “the sufficiency of power to protect his land.”
Speaking of military assistance, Cavusoglu promised that Turkey “will do everything necessary for Azerbaijan.”
Large-scale hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on the bombing of peaceful settlements, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation” and bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions. Azerbaijan announced the civilians killed and wounded as a result of the shelling from Armenia.
Turkey has already announced its support for Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia. Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that Armenia should leave the occupied territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In Armenia, they spoke about Turkey’s military intervention in the conflict. According to the country’s defense ministry, a Su-25 aircraft of the Armenian air force shot down a Turkish F-16 fighter on September 29. Turkey rejected this information and asked Armenia “to leave the occupied territories as soon as possible.”
Russia called on Turkey and other countries to convince Azerbaijan and Armenia to return to a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
United States too warned other states to interfere with the situation.
In 1991, with the support of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on Armistice and Ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region.
Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
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