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Biden criticizes Turkish role in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

The Democratic presidential nominee also said Trump should work to de-escalate the war in the Caucus. Turkey has come up in the US presidential race before.
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US presidential candidate Joe Biden today called on Turkey to stay out of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict.

Biden said in a tweet today that the Trump administration should seek to de-escalate the renewed fighting in the Caucasus. “With casualties rapidly mounting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, the Trump Administration needs to call the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan immediately to de-escalate the situation,” Biden said.

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