Ankara will send peacekeepers to Azerbaijan, but only using drones and other technical means to remotely monitor possible violations.
The Turkish parliament on Tuesday (November 17) allowed the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to deploy peacekeepers to Azerbaijan to oversee the ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia in order to completely end the conflict in the region .
Members of the Russian peacekeeping force
Ankara voted for the Turkish government to send troops to Azerbaijan for a one-year deployment.
The Erdogan government has the right to decide to send troops, but it is not clear how many troops the country intends to deploy. Civilian personnel can also be deployed as part of a peacekeeping mission.
According to the Russian settlement, the armistice agreement reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh was signed on November 9. Although the country actively and enthusiastically supports Azerbaijan, Turkey has not been invited to negotiate or participate in the signing of the agreement.
Immediately after announcing the agreement at dawn on November 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately announced that a Russian peacekeeping force consisting of 1960 soldiers, 90 armored vehicles, and 380 vehicles and equipment will be deployed to the country immediately. Gorno Karabakh.
In all subsequent announcements of the Turkish army
, the Kremlin insisted that “Russia and Turkey did not discuss the deployment of joint peacekeeping forces between Nagorno-Karabakh”.
"The deployment of the Turkish peacekeeping force in Karabakh is not coordinated with any party." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that there is nothing mentioned in the recent joint statement between Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey.
So why does Turkey still decide to send peacekeepers to Azerbaijan?
Last week, the Russian and Turkish defense ministers signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint surveillance center in Azerbaijan, although the mission’s specifications are still in the planning process.
Syrian militants
previously, Azerbaijan had pressured Russia to deploy Turkish peacekeeping forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area.
However, Russian officials said that Ankara’s participation will be limited to the work of the Azerbaijan Surveillance Center, and Turkish peacekeeping forces will not go to Nagorno-Karabakh for missions.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the center can only use drones and other technical means to remotely monitor possible violations.
is not yet clear how the Turkish army will participate in the "peacekeeping" mission and how long it will be deployed.
Report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
However, although Moscow has made it clear that only Russia can deploy peacekeeping forces under the agreement, Ankara seems extremely eager to intervene in this operation and play a role in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. More positive effect.
At the same time, Turkey has prepared two huge Syrian terrorist organizations to move from Syrian territory to Karabakh territory.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on November 19 that Turkish intelligence agencies have provided the leaders of two terrorist organizations loyal to Turkey, Sultan Murad and Suleiman Shah, with the opportunity to settle in Azerbaijan. Z1z
Observation Station Director Rahman said in a TV interview that the reason why Turkey’s proposal was submitted to the Turkmen militia was only because Turkey claimed its origin could be traced back to the “Caucasus” region.
Syrian militants
said that the number of Syrian fighters sent by Turkey to Azerbaijan reached 4,000, controlled by the Turkish army and pro-Turkish militias. The militants gathered and received training in special camps on Turkish territory.
According to Russian experts, “Dozens of jihadists near the Russian border are already a big problem, but when thousands of militants are involved, the situation becomes very critical. In this case, Russia can be based on Take necessary actions to ensure the security of its borders and territories. Turkey is undoubtedly'playing with fire'!"
