Russian President Vladimir Putin, while speaking softly, has given Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a strong signal that Ankara has gone a step too far by sending its Muslim Brotherhood terrorist friends to fight on the side of Azerbaijan and thus sabotaging the ceasefire agreements with Armenia. A telephone call to Putin was initiated by Erdogran on Oct. 27. The Kremlin press service reports: “Developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone were discussed. The Russian side expressed deep concern about the ongoing military action, and the growing involvement of terrorists from the Middle East.” It added that Putin informed Erdogan about “contacts with the leadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and measures taken for the earliest ceasefire and de-escalation of the crisis.” Leaders of the two states also agreed on “further coordination between the diplomatic and defense agencies of Russia and Turkey, and between the two countries’ special services.”
They also discussed matters of cooperation in Syria “in detail” and “touched upon the Libyan issue, including prospects for further normalization of the situation and for stepping up intra-Libyan reconciliation talks.”
