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Erdogan meets Azerbaijan’s Aliyev as thousands flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, is welcomed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, and an honour guard in Nakhchivan on September 25, 2023 [Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have hailed Baku’s military victory in Nagorno-Karabakh as thousands of ethnic Armenians flee from the breakaway region into Armenia.

Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory that is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but has an ethnic Armenian majority, were forced into a ceasefire last week after a 24-hour military operation by the much larger Azerbaijani military.

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