Former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim presented Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with a replica of the sultan’s sword Mehmed Fatih for being the “conqueror of Karabakh”.
According to Azeri media, Yildirim said that Sultan Mehmed Fatih had conquered Istanbul and a copy of his sword had been given to Ilham Aliyev, because he had “conquered Karabakh”.
Binali Yildirim, chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States and deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), visited Shusha this week to attend an event dedicated to the first anniversary of the signing of the Shusha Declaration.
as reported SoyArmeniothe Russian president Vladimir Putin the Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev and the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan they signed on November 9 a joint declaration on the complete cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, which began on September 27 and lasted 44 days. As a result of the war, the Armenian side lost control over all the regions around the Republic of Korea, as well as part of its immediate territory, including the cities of Shushi and Hadrut. Russian peacekeepers are stationed in the conflict region. The duration of the contingent’s stay is five years, which is automatically extended for the same periods without restrictions, if neither party objects.
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