Ankara called on Tuesday (October 13th) to organize “
four-way
”
talks
with Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey to resolve the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh when a truce has been blithely violated since its entry into force. force Saturday.
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Since Russia is on the side of Armenia and we Turkey, we support Azerbaijan, let's meet together to discuss the resolution of these problems,
" said Ibrahim Kalin, the communication director of the Turkish presidency. .
"
If the Minsk Group has not been able to find a solution for more than 30 years, it is time to find a new mechanism
", he added, referring to the mediation group mandated by the OSCE and whose co-chairs are Russia, France and the United States.
Turkey, which has sided with Azerbaijan since the start of the last clashes on September 27, believes that the Minsk Group has not been able to play an effective role in resolving the conflict.
Ankara's call for "
a new mechanism
" comes after the spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced a forthcoming meeting, at a date not yet fixed, with the co-presidents of the Minsk Group.
Nagorny Karabakh, a territory mainly populated by Armenians, seceded from Azerbaijan leading to a war which left 30,000 dead in the 1990s. Baku has accused Yerevan of occupying its territory, and clashes there are regular.
The fighting between the separatist troops, supported by Armenia, and Azerbaijan since September 27 are the most serious since the 1994 ceasefire. A humanitarian truce, negotiated in Moscow should have entered into force on Saturday noon , but it was never respected.