Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that Turkey will continue to stand by Azerbaijan at all times.

Erdogan made the remarks in a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday, January 9.

Erdogan initiated the phone call, the Azerbaijani presidential press service said in a statement, according to Interfax.

Aliyev said, for his part, that the Azerbaijani-Turkish alliance is based on the "one nation, two states" principle and the sides provide mutual support.

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and mercenaries deployed by Ankara, launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) on September 27, 2020, which, together with an offensive in 2023, resulted in the death of thousands of Armenians and the displacement of the entire Armenian population of Karabakh.