Erdogan visits Baku to celebrate Azerbaijani victory in Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Ankara on November 30, 2020. via REUTERS - PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE

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The two-day visit will be the first by a foreign head of state to Azerbaijan since the ceasefire that ended six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in early November and enshrined the important territorial gains of the country. Azerbaijani army.

In Baku, the Turkish president intends to celebrate a victory that is also his.

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With our correspondent in Istanbul,

Anne Andlauer

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country has been Azerbaijan's main support in its conflict with Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, is visiting Baku on Wednesday.

This visit, with the highlight of his participation in a major military parade, first of all has a symbolic dimension.

It is for

Azerbaijan to celebrate its victory in Nagorno-Karakakh

and, for Turkey, to underline its decisive role in this military victory. 

This is a message from the Turkish president to his public opinion, but also to members of the so-called Minsk group, responsible for 28 years to resolve this conflict and co-chaired by France, the United States and Russia.

To the latter, mediator of the ceasefire, Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminds that Turkey intends to play a leading role in monitoring the agreement on the ground.

Ankara and Moscow have agreed to jointly manage a cease-fire observation center.

The functioning of this center and the mission of Turkish soldiers will be at the heart of discussions between Tayyip Erdogan and

his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.

The two men will also discuss the future direct corridor between Turkey and Azerbaijan via the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan.

This corridor will pass through Armenian territory and Yerevan has undertaken to allow its creation

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  • Turkey

  • Azerbaijan

  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  • Nagorno-Karabakh