President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his hope for Azerbaijan to have its Armenia-occupied lands back.
"Why is Turkey siding with Azerbaijan? You know about the Minsk trio: The United States, Russia, and France. Whose side are they on? They are with Armenia. Do they give Armenia all sorts of armed support? Yes, they do," Erdoğan told a provincial convention in the southeastern province of Şırnak today.
"Azerbaijan is trying to liberate its territories from Armenia's occupation. There cannot be anything more normal and natural than this," Erdoğan said, reiterating his criticism for the international community, particularly the Minsk Group formed in 1994 to resolve the Karabakh problem.
"Armenia had occupied the region that belongs to Azerbaijan in the early days of former Soviet republics' independence," he said.
"These three countries of the Minsk Group did not allow negotiations for 30 years and did not give its territories back to Azerbaijan," Erdoğan stated.
"Azerbaijan is therefore fighting to get its lands back from Armenia, and the clashes have shown that the Azerbaijani army will surely be victorious," he added.
Anano Nikoladze
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