Wednesday, September 30 2020 14:15

ArmInfo."Azerbaijan has  enough strength to" liberate its lands from occupation, "and Ankara,  in turn, is ready to develop defense cooperation with Baku." Turkish  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said this during a round table of  the Anadolu agency editors.

At the same time, Cavusoglu did not stop there, adding that Ankara  had warned Yerevan during the July clashes on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, but Yerevan "ignored the norms of  international law".

"The world community should not put Yerevan and Baku on the same  scale. Azerbaijan is fighting for justice," the head of Turkish  diplomacy assured, but did not specify what kind of justice he was  talking about.

"The time has come for a complete solution of this problem. There are  4 UN Security Council resolutions.  The status quo is beneficial to  Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs do not take effective  steps to change the situation," he said.

The minister stressed that the ceasefire does not solve the conflict.  Cavusoglu noted that the international community should treat the  situation in Azerbaijan, as well as the events in Ukraine and  Georgia.  "Baku needs clear support for territorial integrity.  Azerbaijan is right from both moral and legal points of view. We are  ready to support Baku both at the negotiating table and on the  battlefield. If Azerbaijan wants to solve the problem on the  battlefield, we will support Baku." Turkey is ready to provide any  support that Azerbaijan needs, "the Turkish minister said.

The Turkish Foreign Minister also condemned the position of French  President Emmanuel Macron on the situation in the conflict zone. "The  President of France does not show concern about the continuing  occupation of the lands of Azerbaijan, and at the same time, he shows  solidarity with the aggressor in the person of Armenia. Paris thereby  supports the <occupation of the lands of Azerbaijan>," said  Cavusoglu.

Meanwhile, according to RIA Novosti, Cavusoglu also noted: "We spoke  with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, with (Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei) Lavrov (about the conflict in Karabakh). As we act  together in Syria, we tried here too, but failed. They say: let the  war stop. Let it. It is necessary to declare an armistice, but  Armenia must withdraw from the <occupied territories>. Is this being  said? No. Then how will the issue be resolved? ", Cavusoglu said.  According to him, "Azerbaijan endured for a long time."