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Turkey will send forces to Azerbaijan to oversee the agreement with Armenia
Parliament has approved Erdogan's request for a mandate for a year, but the extent of the force that is supposed to monitor with Russia the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is unclear.
Moscow has made it clear that Turkish observers will not be present on the ground, compared to its observers
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 21:33
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In the video: Putin announces ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh (Photo: Reuters, edited by: Assaf Drori)
Turkey's parliament today (Tuesday) approved President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's request to send troops to Azerbaijan to oversee the agreement with Armenia that ended the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The legislators agreed to a one-year mandate, under which Turkish observers are supposed to oversee the agreement with Russia, which has also signed it.
This is after six weeks of fierce war between the parties, in which thousands of people were killed.
Erdogan's government will determine the number of troops to be sent, which has not yet been decided.
The proposal said that civilian forces could also be sent in favor of the peacekeeping mission.
Last week, the defense ministers of Russia and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a joint inspection center in Azerbaijan, although the parties are still working on the technical details of the mission.
In a letter to parliament before the mandate was approved, Erdogan said the presence of Turkish forces "would contribute to the peace and prosperity of the peoples of the region, and is essential to our national interests."
Turkey accuses Armenia of occupying lands belonging to Azerbaijan, which is ethnically, religiously and culturally close to it.
Christian Armenia blamed Muslim Turkey for a direct continuation of the genocide perpetrated by the Ottomans on Armenians at the end of World War I.
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A convoy of Russian observers in Nagorno-Karabakh, today (Photo: AP)
Azerbaijan has insisted that Turkey's main ally, which supported it throughout the conflict, take an active part in the peace talks.
Baku was the first to announce Ankara's involvement in surveillance efforts following the agreement announced by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia last week.
Russian officials said Ankara's involvement would be limited to work at the Azerbaijani Land Control Center, and that Turkish observers would not be deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the center would operate remotely, using unmanned aerial vehicles and other technical means to monitor possible breaches of the agreement.
Russia has sent about 2,000 armed observers, accompanied by armored vehicles and rocket systems, as part of a five-year mandate.
The Nagorno-Karabakh enclave is located inside Azerbaijan, but has been under the control of Armenian separatist forces supported by Armenia itself since 1994, when the war that broke out with the collapse of the Soviet Union ended in the 1990s.
Azerbaijan managed to establish its achievements on the ground as part of the agreement with Russia, while Armenia was forced to make painful concessions that led to stormy demonstrations on its territory against Prime Minister Nicole Pashinian, who is accused by his opponents of "betrayal".
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Map of the conflict after the ceasefire
Turkey said the conflict erupted because the Minsk group, set up to mediate between the parties and led by Russia, France and the United States, had failed to reach an agreement for some 30 years since the end of the original war.
The last round was the deadliest since, and the humanitarian crisis it created blended in with the hitting corona plague in the region.
Russia, which has a military alliance with Armenia and a base on its territory but also close relations with Azerbaijan, conducted diplomatic contacts detached from the United States and France, which remained on the margins.
France, which has a large Armenian community and its relations with Turkey are in a slump, said French and American diplomats would hold talks in Moscow tomorrow to address unresolved issues.
The French foreign minister said the ambiguity concerned the refugee issue, the duration of the ceasefire, Turkey's presence and the start of negotiations on the future of the mountainous region.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington welcomed the ceasefire, but called on both sides to move towards a permanent solution to the conflict.
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