DM Monitoring
BAKU: We are with Azerbaijan to the end in the fight against Armenia, which committed the Khojaly genocide, and occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said.
Akar made the statement at a meeting with participants of the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish military exercises during his visit to Baku.
“We strongly condemn the recent attack by Armenia in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district of the state border,” said Akar.
“I would like to very openly declare that with all our means, we are till the end with Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani servicemen against Armenia, which in front of the whole world committed the genocide in Khojaly, and absolutely and illegally occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan is not alone. We will continue to support Azerbaijan in its just struggle. In the struggle of Azerbaijan for the liberation of the occupied lands, we, Turkey with the population of 83 million, are next to our brothers,” Akar said.
Earlier, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Army General Yashar Guler, commanders of troops and other high-ranked officers arrived for a visit in Azerbaijan, media reports. Upon arrival in Baku, the guests were met by Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov and Deputy Minister of Defense, Air Force Commander Ramiz Tahirov. As earlier reported, large the enlarged Turkish military delegation will watch the final episode of the first stage of the Azerbaijani-Turkish Live-Fire Joint Tactical and Flight-Tactical Exercises of the Land and Air Forces within the framework of the Day of High-Level Observers.
