Taking into consideration the escalation of the situation in Idlib and Turkey’s anti-Russian rhetoric, Ankara may incite large-scale military operations against Nagorno-Karabakh through Baku. This is what Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Safrastyan explained that this is due to the fact that Erdogan is unpredictable and has the desire to use Azerbaijan in the geopolitical game against Russia.

“Evidence of this is the Turkish president’s recent visit to Azerbaijan and the signing of a military agreement with Aliyev. The recent escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border may also fit in with this logic,” the Turkologist added.

Today, citizens of Istanbul held a protest with anti-Russian slogans near the Consulate of Russia in central Istanbul. This comes after the bombardment by Syrian government forces in Idlib that left 33 Turkish soldiers dead and several soldiers wounded.

On February 24, an Armenian serviceman was injured from a gunshot fired by the Azerbaijani side.