Terrorism sponsor Turkey should keep clear of Artsakh process: official

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Deputy Parliament Speaker slammed Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu over the latter's confirming the Turkish authorities’ complicity in Azerbaijan’s terrorist activities.

Cavusoglu declared, in particular, that Turkey will always support Azerbaijan, as “the Ottoman Turk will never leave his brother in the lurch.” The Turkish diplomat criticized the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and accused Armenia of “occupying Azerbaijani territories.”

According to Eduard Sharmazanov, Cavusoglu’s unconditional support for Azerbaijan reminds of Hitler and Mussolini’s fraternity calls.

“As for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, terrorist-sponsoring Turkey should stay away from the Artsakh peace process,” Sharmazanov said.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral ceasefire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

As many as 29 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 101 were wounded in the course of military operations. 28 Karabakh soldiers have gone missing so far.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, 2 military helicopters and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.