ArmInfo. Turkey and Azerbaijan continue their veiled threats against Armenia in unison. Thus, at the closing of the Winter 2023 exercises in Kars, Minister of National Defense of Turkey, Hulusi Akar once again stated that cooperation with Azerbaijan would continue.
At the same time, he stated that Turkey supports the process of normalization of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations.
In this vein, ignoring the opinion of the Armenian side, he spoke in favor of opening a corridor through the Syunik region of the Republic of Armenia, and assured that it would benefit everyone, bring peace and stability to the entire region: "To achieve peace and security of countries, we fully support this project."
In turn, his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov, who arrived in Kars to participate in the closing of the exercises, expressed the hope that such exercises would contribute to establishing peace in the region.
He then stated that "Armenia should have a positive attitude towards Azerbaijan's peace proposal." While he did not specify what kind of peace proposal could be discussed against the backdrop of the ongoing Azerbaijani aggression.