The Turkish military has set up a command center for its special forces in Baku, reported the Ermenihaber news site on Friday, citing Azerbaijani sources.
Azerbaijani media, citing military expert Ataliat Verdiyev, reported that four generals of Turkey’s armed forces have been deployed to the command center.
Azerbaijan’s defense ministry has not commented on the Baku command center.
The move comes a week after the Turkish and Azerbaijani militaries held drills in the occupied areas of Artsakh Kashatagh (Lachin). Using live ammunition and deploying heavy military equipment, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said the drills were aimed at enhancing the combat readiness of troops in both armies.
The military exercises, so close to civilian areas in Artsakh and the border with Armenia, were said to be part of a military cooperation agreement between Ankara and Baku signed in Shushi in June, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the occupied city along with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the exercises, warning that Azerbaijan and Turkey were destabilizing efforts to establish peace and security in region.
Earlier this year, Turkey opened a military base in Aghdam in a joint effort with Russia. At the time it was reported that the base will be used to monitor peacekeeping operations in Artsakh.
These are psychological games these two filthy subhuman hyenas are playing with the Armenian population. What the hell is terrorist Turkish (NATO) army doing in Armenia’s backyard? And why the hell is Russia so indifferent about this WHILE sending troops and armaments to Central Asian countries, such as Tajikistan, to defend their borders from the terrorists in Afghanistan? All these military drills and so-called treaties signed between these two disgusting enemies are aimed at reminding the Armenians of past Turkish terrorist and genocidal acts, to traumatize them, to interrupt their normal daily and peaceful existence in attempts to force them out of their own homes. They murdered 1.5 million of our people, confiscated 90% of our historic homeland in Asia Minor, aka Western Armenia, and they are still not satisfied because they were never held responsible for their criminal acts. Like blood-thirsty wolves they have big appetite for Armenian blood and property and they are emboldened by the silence and indifference shown by world powers. And they are selling us out to protect their own multi-billion investments in artificial Azerbaijan’s oil & gas industry and terrorist Turkey’s geopolitical importance in the region in this age of Global terrorism.
We need to stay strong. Put emotions aside and think with sober minds. Strengthen the army and militarize. Get ready and be prepared to make these devil worshiping despicable enemies feel the Armenian determination, unity, resolve and power on their skins once again as they did three decades ago with massive losses and humiliation despite all their petrodollar wealth. We need to send these Central Asian filth to hell where they belong. Shoot first ask questions later. Stop appeasing them. Speak to them in a language they understand best and that is the language of force. But to do all these, we need a strong leader whose only task will be to defend and protect Armenia’s interests only. A leader who will dictate peace onto the enemy instead of appeasing it.
With the clown known as pashinyan in power Armenia will continue to falter. And Armenians deserve it for allowing this clown to remain in power. Whining and writing comments on articles certainly won’t change anything.
It is clear Armenia’s ally, Russia, will not go to war for Armenia. The current Prime Minister should learn from history that Chamberlain’s Policy of Appeasement toward the genocidal Nazis was an abject failure leading to war and the deaths of millions.