Turkey’s president on Friday vowed to continue the struggle for Azerbaijan’s territory of Upper Karabakh until it is freed from Armenian occupation.
“WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR BROTHERS”
As tensions run high amid a recent flare-up in the conflict between Baku and Yerevan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s full support for Azerbaijan during a speech at the inauguration of a city hospital in the central Turkish province of Konya.
Armenia has once again attacked Azerbaijani territories while the issue of Karabakh, which Yerevan occupied with “despicable massacres,” is yet to be resolved, Erdoğan said. “But, this time [Armenia] has encountered an unexpected end,” he added.
“The brotherly state of Azerbaijan has started a great operation both to defend its own territories and to liberate the occupied Karabakh.”
Erdoğan underlined that the Azerbaijani army, which has so far been advancing against Armenian forces, has liberated many areas from occupation.
“Turkey stands with and will continue to stand with friendly and brotherly Azerbaijan with all our means and all our heart,” he said.
The eruption of crisis zones in areas adjacent to Turkey from Syria to the Mediterranean to the Caucasus points to attempts to hold Turkey under siege, Erdoğan added.