Turkish news Agency “Anadolu” posted on its YouTube channel footage where you can see how from a military transport aircraft unloaded military equipment and soldiers of the Turkish army who arrived in Azerbaijan to conduct joint military exercises of Turkey and Azerbaijan – “TurAz Qartalı-2020”.
the Colossal reported that Ankara on a military transport aircraft were transferred to the area of Nakhichevan, an enclave of the Transcaucasian Republic on the borders of Turkey, Iran and Armenia, a large group of their forces. It was composed of transport and attack helicopters, anti-aircraft missile units, air defense forces, armored vehicles, artillery, mortars and the personnel of these parts. The Turkish military immediately started preparations for the exercise.
“TurAz Qartalı” are held annually, all the last 10 years. This year, however, after the recent armed clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, during which killed dozens of soldiers on both sides, experts are especially closely watching the preparation of these maneuvers. A evaluates it as a possible scenario of military solution of the Karabakh conflict.
the Maneuvers scheduled to be held in two stages. From the 1st to the 5th of August the army of Nakhichevan and Baku together with the Turkish military will learn to fight with a potential opponent in the locations of the Separate combined-arms army deployed in Nakhichevan. As of 29 July to 10 August to the teachings of the join combat aircraft, which will operate not only in Nakhchivan, but also in the capital region, Ganja, Kurdamir and Yevlakh. With this purpose, arrived in Azerbaijan for five multi-purpose F-16 fighters of the Turkish air force and attack helicopters T-129 ATAK.
the Exercises began it is symbolic that servicemen of the two countries laid flowers to the monument to former President Heydar Aliyev and honored with a minute of silence for the soldiers “died for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan”.
In Armenia, all this did not go unnoticed. In the armed forces of the country declared sudden check of troops: they are on high alert. In the next few days will be spent training headquarters to command and control and played episodes of tactical military operations with imaginary enemy.
Another aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border “MK” commented the leading expert, Director of the Center for the study of the Middle East and Central Asia, retired Colonel semen Bagdasarov:
– Nakhichevan, which now begin on the Azerbaijani-Turkish exercises, enclave, cut off from Azerbaijan by Armenian territory, – said the expert. – There is a very strong influence of the border of Turkey and Iran. Especially the Turkish side. Both in economic and in military-political terms.
In Nakhichevan RAzvernuti so-called Private army of Azerbaijan. But in fact this army is an integral part of the 3rd Field army of Turkey, stationed near the border of Armenia. In a Separate Azerbaijani army in control Turkish advisors and instructors. And the Nakhichevan becoming more and more an integral part of Turkey. There is an active work of Turkish companies, military representation.
