(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Sabina Mammadli
Turkish Grand National Assembly Speaker Mustafa Sentop expressed
his support for the state and people of fraternal Azerbaijan in
connection with the provocations committed by the Armenian armed
forces on the border with Azerbaijan.
He made the remarks in a phone conversation with Azerbaijani
Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova on September 13.
Further, Sentop expressed condolences in connection with the
deaths of Azerbaijani servicemen while preventing the Armenian
provocation.
In turn, Gafarova informed her colleague in detail about the
provocation committed by Armenia. She noted that the Azerbaijani
people always feel the fraternal support of Türkiye.
Similarly, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay expressed
solidarity and support for Azerbaijan in a phone call with
Azerbaijani counterpart Azerbaijan Ali Asadov.
Oktay offered condolences to Asadov and the entire Azerbaijani
people over the death of the country's military servicemen as a
result of the large-scale provocations committed by Armenia.
Asadov stressed that Azerbaijan always feels fraternal support
from Türkiye, adding that the provocative actions of the Armenian
armed forces along the inter-state border were resolutely
suppressed.
Moreover, the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic
States expressed serious concern and condemned the military
provocation of the Armenian Armed Forces along the state border
between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The OTS reaffirmed its adherence to the principles and norms of
international law and recalled the importance of the normalization
and peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the South
Caucasus.
Further, the organization reiterated its support for the
territorial integrity and inviolability of internationally
recognized borders of its member state Azerbaijan and called on
Armenia to comply with the ongoing agreements reached between the
two neighboring countries.
The secretariat expressed condolences to the families of the
martyrs, the brotherly people, and the government of Azerbaijan
over the loss of lives and wished for a speedy recovery of the
injured.
To recap, units of the Armenian armed forces carried out
large-scale provocations along the Azerbaijani-Armenian state
border in the Dashkasan, Kalbajar, and Lachin directions during the
night of September 13. At night, Armenian sabotage groups mined
land and supply roads linking the positions of the Azerbaijani army
units in different directions, taking advantage of the area's steep
topography and existing ravine gaps.
The clashes between the sides ensued as a result of the urgent
efforts made by the Azerbaijani armed forces to quell these
activities.
As a result, Azerbaijan sustained 50 military losses, and the
military infrastructure was damaged, the ministry detailed.
The Azerbaijan military units stationed in these areas took
decisive retaliatory measures to suppress the provocations of the
Armenian armed forces and military threats to Azerbaijan's
territory and sovereignty, as well as to ensure the safety of
military personnel, including civilian workers involved in
infrastructure construction in Kalbajar and Lachin districts, the
ministry emphasized.
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