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Turkish journalist: Azerbaijan is close to victory (Report)
It is not expedient to present the escalation provoked by Armenia’s provocations against Azerbaijan as the “eruption of war”, said Ardan Zenturk, a host of Turkish 24 TV channel and columnist for Star newspaper. Zenturk is the first Turkish journalist to visit Azerbaijan during the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“I see that many news websites report that “war has started between Armenia and Azerbaijan”. I call on all foreign media outlets to accurately study the historical chronology of what happened. This is not a new war. In fact, the war that erupted in the South Caucasus in 1988 entered a new phase. Despite the declaration of a ceasefire in 1994 through the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries – the United States, Russia and France, the war continued. Therefore, presenting the current escalation as a new war means playing into Armenia’s and Russia’s hands,” he noted.
Zenturk stressed that Azerbaijan is close to victory.
“Azerbaijan is writing history these days. I’ve witnessed the most difficult days of Azerbaijan, which gained its independence at the cost of life and blood. I was in Agdam in those years, unfortunately, today Agdam is under the occupation of Armenia,” the Turkish journalist said.
He also stressed that Turkey’s ongoing support for Azerbaijan is of historical importance.