Erdogan: I ask Baku to refrain from any tension on the Armenian border in the future

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who visited Ankara on February 19, said that he wants Baku to avoid any tension on the border with Armenia in the future.

Erdogan told Aliyev that Ankara supports lasting peace between Baku and Yerevan.

Aliyev arrived in Turkey, the most important military and diplomatic supporter of the Republic of Azerbaijan, immediately after meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Schultz.

Before that last week, an Azerbaijani soldier was injured in a shooting on the border of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, and 4 Armenian soldiers were killed in a retaliatory attack.

Office The Prime Minister of Germany announced that Aliyev and Pashinyan agreed to work for peace in the Munich talks and refrain from resorting to force.

Erdogan also said in a joint press conference in Ankara: I don’t want a repeat of last week’s tension. There is no doubt that the signing of the permanent peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia can be a source of new hope for peace, tranquility and stability.

Pashinyan said after last week’s shooting at the border that the Republic of Azerbaijan is preparing is for a full-scale war with Armenia.

The French news agency (AFP) writes that the Republic of Azerbaijan seems to have gained more courage by taking control of Karabakh.

p dir=”RTL”>The agency emphasizes that Armenia’s relations with Russia, its closest regional ally, have recently worsened. In Karabagh, a historic window of opportunity for permanent peace in our region has opened. It is important not to close this window of opportunity.

The President of Turkey also said about preventing the Republic of Azerbaijan from attending the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: until this decision is canceled, support We from Azerbaijan will continue.

Ilham Aliyev said: Azerbaijan will never forget Turkey’s “fraternal support” in the form of diplomacy and military. The union of Turkey and Azerbaijan is an important factor not only for the Caucasus, but for the entire Eurasian region.

The president of Azerbaijan also emphasized: the unity of the Turkic world and the coexistence of people with common cultures is the strength of each member. It will strengthen the Organization of Turkic States.

Ankara: Both options of connecting Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan road are under consideration

Ankara announced that currently both options of the communication road between the eastern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan are being considered.

Turkey’s Minister of Transport Abdulkader Uraloglu said: “Discussions are continuing on the route connecting the Republic of Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan.” The passage through Iran is on the negotiation table. If there are problems from the side of Armenia, Azerbaijan is also in contact with Iran for the passage of the corridor through this country. There are two options here. Both are under discussion.

It should be noted that Baku opposes the existence of customs checkpoints in the “Zangzor Corridor” between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan, which passes through the territory of Armenia.

Moscow wants to control the Zangzor Corridor

The authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan insist that there is no customs inspection between the two territories of Azerbaijan.

Yervan says that all transport links passing through the territory of Armenia should be under the control of this country.

Armenia considers the request of the Republic of Azerbaijan and even the term “Zangzor Corridor” as a territorial claim against it.

Most importantly, Moscow wants this corridor under the control of the border services. It should be Russia.

Russia claims that this issue was written in the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020, and Yerevan also signed this statement.

As a result of the 44-day war in 2020, Baku took control of those 7 districts and part of Karabakh, and a peacekeeping force Russia has deployed in the region.

Baku announced a “local anti-terrorist” operation in Karabakh on September 19-20, 2023. Yerevan called the move “ethnic cleansing” and “aggression”.

On September 20, 2023, Karabakh separatists said they had agreed to Baku’s terms. Later, the migration of the Armenian population from Karabakh to Armenia began.

On September 28, 2023, the self-proclaimed Republic of Karabakh announced that it would cease its activities. Many leaders of this separatist republic were arrested and brought to Baku. The Republic of Azerbaijan is getting more and more day by day considered beyond the normalization with Armenia Will the signing of the peace treaty change?