Türkiyə milli müdafiə naziri Hulusi Akar
Baku/31.12.20/Turan: Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met on Thursday in Baku with Turkish servicemen who will be involved in the Joint Turkish-Russian Monitoring Center on Karabakh, Anadolu reports.
Hulusi Akar called on the military to be ready to carry out a mission to monitor the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"After the launch of the Joint Center on Karabakh, the Turkish military will stand guard over the rights of the brothers in Azerbaijan," Akar stressed.
The head of the Turkish Defense Ministry earlier said that as soon as the construction of the Center for Monitoring the Ceasefire Regime in the Aghdam region of Azerbaijan is completed and it starts functioning, one general and 35 officers of the Turkish Armed Forces will take up their duties.
The memorandum on the Joint Monitoring Center for Karabakh was signed by Turkey and the Russian Federation on November 9 this year.—0—
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