Turkey backs Azerbaijan in deadly attacks against Armenia
While Turkey has prided itself for mediating between Russia and Ukraine, Ankara has shown no such impartiality in the recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, with Turkish leaders airing their support for Baku.
Turkish killer drones were back in action Wednesday as its ally Azerbaijan kept up attacks against Armenia for a second day, sparking fears of full-blown conflict between the historic foes that might draw in Russia and Turkey as well.
Turkey, which prides itself for mediating between Russia and Ukraine, displayed no such impartiality as Turkish leaders aired their support for Azerbaijan.
“We find the situation we are in — which is the result of violations by Armenia of the deal reached after the war ended in Azerbaijan’s victory— as unacceptable,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today. Erdogan was referring to the brief and bloody war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020, which ended in the former's defeat. It was the second time the countries went to war since gaining independence from the Soviet Union. The 44-day conflict ended in November after a Kremlin-brokered truce, which saw around 2,000 Russian peacekeepers deployed for the first time in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
“This will, naturally, have consequences for Armenia, which did not fulfil the agreement’s conditions and constantly displayed an aggressive attitude,” Erdogan warned.
