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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced “comprehensive evidence” of the recruitment of Syrian mercenaries by Turkey to participate in the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan testified on Facebook on November 1 about full and comprehensive evidence of the recruitment and delivery of “thousands of Syrian mercenaries” by Turkey to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
As confirmation of his words, the head of the Armenian government published a video of the interrogation of the Syrian Muhammad Al Shkhair.
“Now there is complete and exhaustive evidence of the recruitment of thousands of mercenaries in Syria and their transfer by Turkey to Azerbaijan to participate in the military aggression against Artsakh. [Нагорного Карабаха]”, – Pashinyan wrote.
According to him, it is an international criminal network, the disclosure of which cannot be without consequences.
“There will be new tests in the near future,” the Armenian prime minister promised.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said militants from Syria are being transferred to Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, Damascus has no evidence, but there are indications of such events. On September 30, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the start of the transfer of militants from illegal armed groups from Syria and Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Reuters reported that militants from jihadist groups in Syria entered Nagorno-Karabakh through Gaziantep (a city in southeastern Turkey).
In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, 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 an armistice and a 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.
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”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, declared that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and wounded.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
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, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
Subsequently, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, reported several times on the capture of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
On October 25 new agreements were reached on an armistice in Nagorno-Karabakh with the mediation of the United States. The ceasefire began at 8:00 a.m. local time on October 26, but was broken within the first hour.
On October 31, Pashinyan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which, for the first time after the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, he asked the Russian Federation for help. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that at this stage the Russian Federation cannot provide assistance to Armenia.
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