by AFP – Agence France Presse
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday told Azerbaijan’s visiting leader that he wanted Baku to avoid future border flareups with Armenia and to pursue a lasting peace.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Ankara — Baku’s most important military and diplomatic supporter on the global stage — after holding rare talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The Munich meeting’s stakes were raised by a deadly clash last week along the Azerbaijan-Armenian border that Yerevan said killed four Armenian troops.
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The German chancellory said Aliyev and Pashinyan had agreed to push for peace and avoid the use of force.
Erdogan said he also hoped that last week’s flareup “will not be repeated”.
“There is no doubt that the signing of a permanent peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia would be a new source of hope for peace, tranquility and stability in our region and in the world,” Erdogan said at a joint media appearance.
Pashinyan had warned after last week’s exchange of fire that Azerbaijan was preparing for a “full-scale war” with its historic foe.