Azerbaijan, Türkiye discuss recent escalation of situation due to Armenia’s provocation

First Deputy Minister of Defence, Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army, Colonel-General Karim Valiyev and Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, General of the Army Yasar Guler held a phone talk on September 15.

Colonel-General Valiyev informed his colleague about the escalation of the situation as a result of a large-scale provocation of the Armenian armed forces on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, and the Azerbaijani army’s decisive response measures, Caliber.Az reports on September 15 referring to the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry.

In turn, Guler expressed condolences due to the servicemen who became martyrs while preventing the provocation of the Armenian armed forces and wished the wounded a speedy recovery.

He noted that today Türkiye, as always, is close to Azerbaijan.