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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused members of the OSCE Minsk Group of providing "weapon support" to Armenia in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reiterating his own support for Azerbaijan.
Speaking at an event of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the southeastern Sirnak Province on Sunday, the Turkish president accused Russia, France, and the US - the states that co-chair the OSCE Minsk Mediation Group on Nagorno-Karabakh - of siding with Armenia in the conflict. The three countries are providing "all kinds of weapon support" to Yerevan, Erdogan claimed without giving any details.
The president reiterated that he stands with Azerbaijan, insisting it is within its rights to "liberate" the disputed, predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"Our Azerbaijani brothers are currently in a very serious struggle against Armenia. Why are they fighting this struggle? Because they are fighting to liberate Azerbaijan's occupied lands from the Armenians," Erdogan said. "What can be more natural than that?"
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