Azerbaijan And Turkey Launch Joint Military Exercises Near Armenia Border

Azerbaijan said on October 23 that it had begun joint military exercises with its ally Turkey near the border with Armenia as foreign ministers from the three countries are meeting their Iranian and Russian counterparts in Tehran to discuss a number of issues, including the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that up to 3,000 military personnel were participating in the exercises, named for the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The exercises are being held in Baku; in Azerbaijani…