Road to link mainland with Nakhchivan exclave
“A road will be constructed to connect Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan Autonomous Region,” Erdogan said.
The Turkish president also congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Azerbaijani people over the liberation of territories from Armenia’s occupation.
Relations between the ex-Soviet republics have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied the region, a territory recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
Fresh clashes erupted on September 27, and continued for 44 days. Both sides accused the other of violating several ceasefires. Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of attacking residential areas and killing civilians.
Baku retook several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages from Armenian occupation during this time.
On November 10, the two countries signed a Russia-brokered agreement to end fighting and work towards a comprehensive solution.
Turkey has welcomed the truce, which is a result of Baku’s military successes and has given it an upper hand over Yerevan to resolve the three-decade-long dispute.
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