Armenian politician: Turkey supports Azerbaijan due to its historical hostility

Since last Sunday, Azerbaijan and Armenia declared martial law and general mobilization after the escalation of fighting between the two parties.

The Armenian government accused Turkey of deploying four thousand Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan, but the Azerbaijani authorities deny this. However, many media outlets have published meetings with Syrian mercenaries on the front line in Karabakh.

Turkey announced its direct support to Azerbaijan against Armenia, and about this, Armen Mazloumian, head of the Armenian National Authority in Egypt, spoke to Hawar news agency ANHA, saying: "Turkey has cultural relations with Azerbaijan as well as joint energy projects," noting that "Ankara publicly supports Azerbaijan through the statements of the leaders." And Turkish officials by saying that Turkey will continue to stand with friendly and brotherly Azerbaijan in all its capabilities. "

"The director of the Turkish Defense Industries Authority, Ismail Demir, said that our defense industry, with all its expertise, technologies and capabilities, from our drones to our munitions, missiles and electronic warfare systems, is always at Azerbaijan's disposal."

The head of the Armenian National Authority in Egypt pointed out, "Turkey carried out major military maneuvers with Azerbaijan in July and last August. It is not a secret that one of the Turks' ambitions to obtain Azerbaijani gas by extending a gas pipeline through Anatolia and then to Europe at low prices, in addition to Traffic fees and control of supplies, which enhances the economy, strategic location and Turkish influence after the failure of his plan in the eastern Mediterranean thanks to the decisive steps that Egypt took with Greece and Cyprus. "

Mazloumian revealed, "On the ground, the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continue to exchange heavy fire in Nagorno Karabakh, after the Azerbaijani forces began an all-out attack along the line of contact, and the Azerbaijani air force, with direct assistance from Turkey with F-16 aircraft and drones, continues to bomb the populated areas and the defense sites of Nagorno Karabakh."with sophisticated weapons, made in Turkey.

He added, "With the aim of terrorizing the security population in Karabakh, the population and defenseless civilians are bombed, especially children and women, and the infrastructure has also been severely damaged, according to numerous intelligence information and reliable Syrian and Libyan sources, mercenary registration offices have been opened and transferred to Azerbaijan to fight against Armenia."

Mazloumian stressed, "There is false propaganda and news led by the huge media machine of Turkey and Azerbaijan," explaining that "the confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not only on the ground, but extended to the media level and the statements that filled the Internet and social networks, most of which were contradictory and false news that was baseless." With the aim of misleading public opinion, causing confusion among civilians, and creating an atmosphere of distrust of its leadership. "

Regarding the causes of the conflict, Mazloumian said, "It must be emphasized that the problem of" Karabakh "is not sectarian or religious, but rather is the history of a people whose historical rights were forcibly usurped by Joseph Stalin in 1921 during the rule of the Soviet Union, when the region was separated and annexed with its heritage and civilization into a republic. Azerbaijan unlawfully. "

"We strongly condemn the ceasefire violations and the launch of a comprehensive attack along the line of contact and the bombing of Armenian residential neighborhoods, which resulted in civilian casualties," he added.

Regarding the solution, Mazloumian believes, "The only solution to settle the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region is dialogue and sitting at the negotiating table within the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in order to reach a comprehensive settlement in accordance with the principles of international law not to use force and the right to self-determination For the Armenian people in Nagorno-Karabakh in accordance with international law. "

In the conclusion of an interview, the head of the Armenian National Authority said: "Unfortunately, many do not know about the origin and implications of this conflict, so I invite specialists to look at the events and history of the past first to understand the credibility of today's events to avoid campaigns of misinformation and distortion of historical facts."

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ANHA