Aliyev accused the Russian base in Gyumri of supplying weapons to the Armenian army
Russia periodically supplies weapons to the units of the Armenian army conducting military operations in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Deliveries are made from the Russian military base in Gyumri. This was stated by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with the Italian TV channel Rai 1.
Answering the questions of Italian journalists, Aliyev explained that all statements that the Turkish army is participating in the hostilities in Karabakh are a lie, since "there is no evidence for this." The same applies to the Turkish F-16 fighters, which flew in to participate in joint exercises on the eve of the conflict and are now on the ground without flying.
He stressed that there are "100 thousand fighters" in the Azerbaijani regular army, and if necessary, a general mobilization will be announced.
At the same time, Aliyev accused the Russian military base in Gyumri of supplying arms to Armenia, since "there are facts", but "there are no facts" about Turkey.
- he said.
In his words, Armenia would not have survived without outside help, without Russian weapons.
- he added.
Earlier in Yerevan, they said that mercenaries from Syria, transferred to Nagorno-Karabakh by Turkey, are fighting on the side of the Azerbaijani army. It was also reported about the use of Turkish F-16s in Nagorno-Karabakh. Earlier, Baku generally denied the presence of Turkish aircraft on its territory, but after the appearance of satellite images, they stated that the aircraft were left by the Turks "for moral support."
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