Turkey Loses International Support over Position in Karabakh

Turkish Political analyst, Ahmed Isfahani, said today, that "Turkey's position regarding the Karabakh crisis became politically isolated, especially with Washington's decisive support for Armenia's right to defend itself, which made Turkey feel that it is losing international support."

Isfahani commented on Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's accusations to the Minsk group for supporting Armenia with arms, describing the position of Ankara as a dangerous political escalation.

He added: "through his statements, the Tutkish president wants to transfer the accusation from Turkey to the United States of America and to the other parties," noting that "international pressure on Ankara began to affect the Turkish internal situation, especially as the European Union is studying subsequent sanctions on Turkey."

It is worth noting that on the dawn of October 10, Moscow announced that the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers had reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Karabakh and an exchange of prisoners and dead bodies, but shortly after the ceasefire came into effect, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged accusations of violating the agreement.

A new humanitarian truce took effect yesterday evening, but the two sides again renewed mutual accusations of violating it.