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Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu affords condolences to Azerbaijan after three of its troopers had been killed throughout an assault by Armenian forces within the Lachin district of the East Zangezur.
(Reuters Archive)
Türkiye has reaffirmed its assist for Azerbaijan following an Armenian assault that killed three Azerbaijani troopers.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu supplied condolences to his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov on Wednesday after the incident.
The Azerbaijani troopers had been killed on Tuesday throughout an assault by Armenian forces within the Lachin district of the East Zangezur area, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry stated in a press release.
“Units of the Armenian armed forces fired at the opposite positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of Lachin district from their positions located in the direction of the Digh settlement of the Gorus region, using various calibre weapons,” the assertion stated.
The assertion stated the Armenian aspect continued to fireplace at Azerbaijani positions within the area utilizing mortars and large-caliber weapons and that retaliatory measures taken by Azerbaijani forces resulted in “a significant number of losses” on the other aspect.
Following the incident, Cavusoglu reiterated Türkiye’s and the Turkish nation’s full assist to Azerbaijan, in line with diplomatic sources.
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian navy occupied Karabakh, a territory internationally recognised as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
In the autumn of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages and settlements from Armenian occupation, earlier than over a month of preventing was halted with a Russian-brokered peace settlement.
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Source: AA
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