Turkish PM maintained that, shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijan, they will fight until they “liberate” Karabakh from the Armenians.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the groundbreaking ceremony of an oil refining enterprise in Izmir, Turkey, during which Erdogan reflected on the Karabakh issue.

The Turkish PM maintained that, shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijan, they will fight until they “liberate” Karabakh from the Armenians. “Karabakh’s ‘forcible occupation’ breaks the heart of Turkey’s citizens just as much as it breaks the heart of the Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijan and Turkey only want peace,” Erdogan stated, also congratulating Aliyev for becoming a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Beyazgazete of Turkey reported.        

Inaugural session of the Turkish-Azerbaijani Strategic Cooperation Council will be held in Izmir, on Tuesday and Wednesday.