Turkey’s Erdogan believes Azerbaijan-Armenia could reach lasting peace

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations Normal Meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Metropolis, U.S., September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

Sept 20 (Reuters) – Turkey believes a complete peace is feasible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Tuesday after the 2 international locations resumed preventing once more this month.

“We consider that it’s attainable to signal a complete peace settlement between the 2 international locations as quickly as attainable,” Erdogan mentioned, talking on the United Nations Normal Meeting in New York.

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire final week, ending two days of violence linked to a decades-old dispute between the previous Soviet states over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The preventing, which either side blamed on the opposite, left greater than 170 troopers lifeless and threatened to tug Turkey, Azerbaijan’s key backer, and Armenia ally Russia right into a wider battle at a time of already excessive geopolitical tensions. learn extra

The preventing, from Sept. 12-14, was the deadliest since a six-week struggle in 2020 that left hundreds lifeless and noticed Azerbaijan make important territorial features in and round Nagorno-Karabakh.

In his speech, Erdogan additionally mentioned reopening of transport hyperlinks within the area will contribute to the welfare of all events.

“Those that pursue a present of energy within the area, regardless of their political and army degree by no means equal to our nation, are making a idiot of themselves,” he added.

Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun and Ali Kucukgocmen
Modifying by Ece Toksabay and Jonathan Oatis

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