Libyan mercenaries sent to Nagorno-Karabakh alongside Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani soldiers in a video clip provided by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, September 27, 2020. Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense
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It is no longer only Syrian mercenaries who are sent to Azerbaijan by Turkey to fight in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh against Armenia, other mercenaries are also sent to this region to lend a hand to Baku in this war. .
Among them are Libyans hired by the private Turkish company Sadat, close to the trick president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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The decision to send Libyan fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh was taken last Friday in Tripoli, during a secret security meeting.
There were Turkish intelligence officers and militia leaders loyal to the government of national unity, Turkey's unconditional ally.
According to some sources, it is initially a question of sending about fifty Libyan mercenaries well trained and preferably specialized in the launching of anti-tank missiles.
They would be better paid by Baku for their experience than the inexperienced
new Syrian recruits
.
In addition, nearly 3,500 Syrian combatants at the end of their contract in Libya were, for the most part, redirected to Baku.
These fighters are not only Syrians.
Among them are Tunisians, Somalis and other extremists who had waged war in Syria in the ranks of the al-Nusra front.
Baku denies Turkey's involvement
In
an interview
with
Le Figaro
on Thursday (October 1st)
, Nikol Pachinian, the Armenian Prime Minister, said his country had "
evidence that Turkey militarily supports the forces of Azerbaijan
" in the fighting.
He also accused her of bringing "
thousands of terrorists
" from Syria to fight alongside the Turks and Azerbaijanis.
If the authorities of Azerbaijan still deny any involvement of Turkey in this war, the Russian diplomacy denounced the participation in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh "
of fighters of illegal armed groups, coming in particular from Syria and Libya and deployed in the area. of conflict
”.
According to several observers, the proxy war that was taking place between Russia and Turkey in Libya has shifted to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Political talks to end the crisis have intensified since September in Tripoli.
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