US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo considered that Turkey's intervention in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has increased the risk in the region.
In an Interview with broadcaster WSB Atlanta, Pompeo said, "We now have the Turks, who have stepped in and provided resources to Azerbaijan, increasing the risk, increasing the firepower that's taking place in this historic fight."
"The resolution of that conflict ought to be done through negotiation and peaceful discussions, not through armed conflict, and certainly not with third party countries coming in to lend their firepower to what is already a powder keg of a situation," he stressed.
"We're hopeful that the Armenians will be able to defend against what the Azerbaijanis are doing, and that they will all, before that takes place, get the ceasefire right, and then sit down at the table and try and sort through this," Pompeo continued.
It is worth mentioning that, on Thursday, hopes of a humanitarian ceasefire sank as the death toll mounted and Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of launching new attacks.
Despite all international calls for calm, the breach of the ceasefire agreement in the Nagorno Karabakh region continues for the sixth consecutive day.
In a sharp escalation of those violations Thursday, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev announced that his forces had liberated 40 villages in the battles with Armenia, adding that the conflict there would be resolved in a military-political manner.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, stressed that Karabakh is a red line for his country in the conflict with Azerbaijan.
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