Russia at odds with Turkey over Nagorno-Karabakh

La Russie en désaccord avec la Turquie sur le Haut-Karabakh  Red’Action

« We do not agree with the position expressed by Turkey, which has also been repeatedly expressed by (Azerbaijani) President Aliyev ”Lavrov said in an interview with local radio stations.

Turkey fully supports Azerbaijan and its goal of liberating the territory occupied by Armenia, but Ankara said it was not directly involved in the fighting because Baku did not request such involvement.

Lavrov said that a military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was ” unacceptable “, adding that Turkey should be ” transparent “ in his actions.

The Russian Foreign Minister also said that it would be right to deploy Russian military observers to the Karabakh contact line, but that it was for Azerbaijan and Armenia to decide.

Clashes began on September 27 when Armenian forces targeted settlement sites and civilian Azerbaijani military positions in the area, causing casualties.

Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been strained since 1991, when the Armenian army occupied Nagorno-Karabakh.

About 20% of Azerbaijani territory remained under illegal Armenian occupation for about three decades.

Following meetings in Moscow on October 10, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire so that the warring parties could recover the bodies left on the Nagorno-Karabakh battlefield and organize an exchange of prisoners.

However, Armenian forces launched a missile strike on Azerbaijan’s second largest city, Ganja – although the region lies outside the front line – killing at least 10 and injuring 35 others, including women. and children.

Several UN resolutions, as well as many international organizations, demanded the withdrawal of the occupying forces.