Baku, Azerbaijan, April 5
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey supports and will continue supporting Azerbaijan, reports the Turkish TRT Haber TV channel.
"Let no one doubt of Turkey's support for Azerbaijan," the TV channel reported April 5 citing Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish prime minister.
Davutoglu further added that Turkey is closely following the current events on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.