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Turkey’s participation in the negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict “will reflect the current balance of forces,” said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Azerbaijan considers it necessary to involve Turkey in the negotiations on the solution of the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said this in an interview with the RBC television channel.
In his view, Turkey’s participation in the talks “will reflect the current balance of power.”
“The active and very clear position of the Turkish leadership, personally the president [Реджепа Эрдогана] and other officials during the escalation essentially prevented third country intervention in this conflict, therefore I think Turkey’s role is extremely positive and should play an even greater role in our region, including in resolving the conflict, “he said. Aliyev.
He added that Turkey “must and will play an important role in resolving the conflict.” “In what form, legal or de facto, this is already a technical question,” summarized the President of Azerbaijan.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 3, Armenia announced that Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive, which the self-defense groups of the unrecognized republic managed to stop. On October 4, rockets and artillery were fired at various Azerbaijani settlements, including the cities of Ganja, Mingechevir and Terter. The leadership of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic claimed responsibility for the bombing.
On October 6, Azerbaijan announced its readiness to provide humanitarian corridors for Armenian citizens in the conflict zone.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, the parties accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
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