Erdogan asks parliament to send soldiers to Karabakh after Russia initiate peace deal

Earlier this week Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the parliament to allow sending soldiers to Azerbaijan to contribute to the effort of establishing ‘peacekeeping centers’ along with Russia to monitor a truce in the disputed region. 

In the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey has time and again shown its involvement in the region and has undeniably supported Azerbaijan, which experts suggest has intensified the tensions. 

Ankara has also requested two days of talks after contributing to the peacekeeping centers and expects to collaborate with Russia in the region. With their world in coordination in the region, they aim to jointly implement a Russian-brokered ceasefire which signed last week. It will not be wrong to say that if there is some relief in the region, Russia needs to take credit for it, especially meddling as a neutral agent that showed or supported none. 

Turkey on the other hand was criticized by France and European Union was trying to meddle in between the two countries especially after the fact that Ankara has established itself as one of the strongest allies of Azerbaijan and has been defending its right to claim its land. Azerbaijan lost its land to the Armenian tribe after the 1984-94 war. 

The fight between the two countries started on September 27 and lasted for more than six weeks during which it claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people. Finally, the end was seen by the Armenians agreeing to withdraw from large parts of the disputed region where the war was contested. 

It was on Monday when President Erdogan asked the country’s parliament to deploy a mission that will reportedly ‘establish a joint center with Russia and to carry out the center’s activities.’ The Associated Press reported that the facility will be active for the whole of one year and details of its size will be determined later on.

Russia is sending nearly 1,960 peacekeepers along with armored personnel carriers and other equipment related to the matter. No matter what Turkey keeps on the table, Moscow has every time stressed that the truce deal will require no involvement of Turkey, and no troops from the country should be present on the ground.