What are Turkey and Azerbaijan doing together?

6 February 20222 years ago babelfish

This is what the Shusha Declaration signed by Turkey and Azerbaijan foresees. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano

Turkey's parliament last Thursday ratified a bill on the historic Shusha Declaration signed with Azerbaijan last year. A total of 266 lawmakers voted in favor of the declaration in the 581-seat parliament, while 11 lawmakers were against.

The declaration, signed on June 15, 2021, provides for the raising of relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan to the level of a real alliance.

The current agreement affirms both the opening of the Zangezur corridor linking Turkey and Azerbaijan and that of the Nakhichevan-Kars railway, which will contribute to strengthening relations.

Furthermore, the alliance clauses strengthen cooperation on defense and the creation of new transport routes.

The ceremony was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Shusha.

Of particular importance is the fact that the signed alliance strengthens the joint efforts of the two armies in the face of foreign threats and the restructuring and modernization of their armed forces.

Let's not forget that Turkey was a key supporter of Azerbaijan during the 44-day Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which broke out on 27 September 2020 and ended with a Russian-mediated ceasefire on 10 November.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosa-combinano-turchia-e-azerbaigian-insieme/ on Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:24:23 +0000.