Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has said his country’s forces will “go to the end” should negotiations fail to result in an agreement by ethnic Armenian forces to withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.
Aliyev, speaking during a meeting on Sunday with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, also said Armenia had “no basis” to request Russian military assistance in the conflict.
The conflict has brought into sharp focus the increased influence of Turkey, an ally of Azerbaijan, in a former Soviet region considered by Russia to be within its sphere of influence. Russia also has a security alliance with Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has asked Moscow to outline the extent of the support it could expect from Moscow.
In response, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it would provide “all assistance required” should the conflict spill onto “the territory of Armenia” – land that is outside the current conflict zone.
Aliyev, quoted by state news agency Azertac, said he wanted to resolve the conflict through negotiations that would result in the withdrawal of ethnic Armenian forces.
“Otherwise,” he said, “we will continue by any means to restore our territorial integrity and … we will go to the end.”
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Azerbaijan displayed the power of Turks to the entire world with its latest fight with Armenia to liberate Nagorno-Karabagh, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Nov. 1 during his visit to Baku.
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Stating that the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh are closely followed in Turkey, Çavuşoğlu said, “Our people urge us to give more support to Azerbaijan.”