Azerbaijan has ‘handed over’ command of its Air Power ops in Nagorno-Karabakh to Turkey, Armenian protection ministry claims

The Azerbaijani army has handed management of its air pressure operations within the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area to Turkey, Yerevan claims. Ankara insists no Turkish plane was used within the battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Turkey’s army command has allegedly been coordinating the Azerbaijani airstrikes in opposition to targets in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian protection ministry’s spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, stated in a collection of Twitter posts on Wednesday.

#Azerbaijan handed over the air command of offensive ops in opposition to the #Artsakh to the Turkish Air Forces. 2 Turkish AF F-16 jets, #Az. SU-25s, Bayraktars carried out assaults at excessive altitudes within the path of settlements of Hadrut and Martuni areas of the Artsakh Rep. 1/three

— Shushan Stepanyan (@ShStepanyan) September 30, 2020

She claimed Turkish officers “straight management” the actions of Azerbaijan’s army aviation from aboard an E-7T early warning and management plane flying over Turkish territory between the cities of Erzurum and Kars, west of Armenia’s borders.

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The Turkish Air Power possesses a minimum of 4 Boeing 737 AEW&C, also referred to as E-7Ts in Turkey. Outfitted with an array radar able to simultaneous space search and fighter management at a distance of over 600 kilometers, these planes are designed for early warning and coordination of airborne missions. Their function within the latest flare-up between Armenia and Azerbaijan stays unclear.

Stepanyan claims that Ankara has overseen a minimum of two air strikes that the Azerbaijani forces launched in opposition to the cities of Hadrut and Martuni, situated within the disputed area. She additionally alleged that a minimum of two Turkish F-16 fighters took half in these air raids. Yerevan didn’t reveal if the assaults resulted in any casualties or materials harm.

Turkey has denied that any of its forces are deployed to help Baku in its battle with Yerevan whereas sustaining that the Azerbaijani military has “the flexibility and to attain victory on their very own.” On Wednesday, Turkey’s Ministry of Nationwide Protection issued a press release accusing Armenia of disseminating “false claims” and “propaganda.” Ankara said that Yerevan lacks proof to justify its claims, claims that can’t be “taken significantly.”

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In a while Wednesday, Stepanyan revealed a video on her Fb web page, which seems to be a flight-tracker map, purportedly displaying the actions of the Azerbaijani Su-25 planes and Turkish F-16 jets over Nagorno-Karabakh. The jets marked as F-16 on the video have been, nonetheless, transferring not from Turkish territory to the south however from a north-western area of Azerbaijan. The video additionally supposedly confirmed the Turkish E-7T management plane circling above the Turkish territory west of Armenia.

Baku has not commented on Yerevan’s statements, whereas posting a collection of movies displaying its forces supposedly launching airstrikes in opposition to Armenia’s artillery positions and a gathering level. The ministry didn’t title the areas focused within the airstrikes.

It isn’t the primary time that Armenia has accused Turkey of preventing on the Azerbaijani facet. On Tuesday, it stated a Turkish F-16 fighter had shot down an Armenian Su-25 jet – one thing that each Baku and Ankara denied. On the identical time, Turkey has vowed to assist Azerbaijan repel “Armenian aggression,” providing each diplomatic and army help.

The developments come following an outbreak of violence between the 2 neighbors over this long-disputed territory. The battle broke out on Sunday, after an trade of fireside between the Azeri and ethnic Armenian troopers within the Nagorno-Karabakh area.

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The ethnic Armenian enclave, which is a self-proclaimed republic however is internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, has been in a state of frozen battle between Yerevan and Baku for the reason that Nagorno-Karabakh struggle that led to 1994 with ethnic Armenian victory.

Azerbaijan maintains that 20 % of its territory is illegally occupied by Armenia. Either side has accused the opposite of killing civilians, whereas posting movies purportedly displaying their rival’s army being destroyed.

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