Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File image
Russia has signed a ceasefire agreement with Armenia and Azerbaijan over the opposition Nagorno-Karabakh. Since then, Russia has deployed 1980 troops to the prison last Tuesday. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has called for the deployment of Turkish troops in the conflict zone since the agreement was signed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced at a party meeting in the capital, Ankara, on Wednesday that the Karabakh peace deal would be monitored by Turkish-Russian troops; The two countries have signed such an agreement.
Erdogan said the Turkish military would jointly monitor the implementation of the peace process in Russia as a peacekeeper.
He said the memorandum of understanding signed this morning would be set up in Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation.
Massive clashes and shelling have been raging on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia since September 26. Although the two countries agreed to a ceasefire with the mediation of Russia, nothing much happened. Many lives, including civilians, have been lost in this bloody battle between the two sides.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is at the root of the conflict between the two countries. The area is inhabited by ethnic Armenians. At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the region voted in favor of staying with Armenia. Then war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the issue. About 30,000 people lost their lives in that war in 1990. That war ended with a 1994 ceasefire.
Since then, the area has been recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. But under the control of Armenian separatists. The Armenian government in their support. Despite decades of negotiations between international powers, the peace deal remains elusive.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan