Erdogan: Turkey's "greatest desire" is to resolve Karabakh conflictFebruary 26, 2020 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, February 26 that Nagorno Karabakh "is as much Turkey’s issue as it is Azerbaijan's," Anadolu Agency reports. "It is our greatest desire to resolve the problem of Karabakh on the basis of Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Erdogan told a joint news conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. The Turkish President’s remarks came after the eighth meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, which was established in 2010 to enhance ties at the presidential level. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |