Turkey’s unconditional support to Azerbaijan in NK conflict is serious threat to Armenia, says FM

YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, ARMENPRESS. Turkey’s unconditional and overt support to Azerbaijan in the NK conflict is creating serious security threat for Armenia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said during the assembly of Armenian ambassadors and the foreign ministry’s central body in Yerevan.

Mnatsakanyan also spoke about Turkey’s steps aimed at disrupting Armenia’s security.

“Turkey’s refusal to establish relations with Armenia, economic blockade of Armenia, continuous denial of the Armenian Genocide, and lately even the justification of genocidal acts, unconditional and overt support to Azerbaijan within the framework of the Karabakh conflict are creating a serious security threat to Armenia, with the need to continuously withstand this conditioning Armenia’s policy directed for the maintenance of regional security including in terms of foreign policy priorities,” Mnatsakanyan said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan