BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 2
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) sent aid to the Azerbaijani troops, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Mustafa Rifat, who is in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, said, Trend reports on Nov. 2.
“The Turkic Council is always close to Azerbaijan,” Rifat added. “Today we, representatives of the Turkic Council, are in Azerbaijan. The delegates have arrived from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey. Kazakhstan joined the event via videoconference.”
“We arrived here to demonstrate our solidarity with Azerbaijan,” the president of the union said. “As part of its support to the Azerbaijani brothers, the Turkic Council sent essential goods to the servicemen."
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. Currently, Azerbaijan continues the liberation of its territories from Armenian troops.
Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.
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, the 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 the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.