Erdogan to Putin: Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire efforts could include others

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, November 17, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/Files

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, November 17, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/Files

ANKARA, November 25 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he discussed in a phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin the possibility of expanding efforts to maintain the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire to include other regional countries.

The ceasefire signed on Nov. 10 halted military action in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated by ethnic Armenians, after the worst fighting in the region since the 1990s.

Turkey and Russia agreed to set up a joint centre in the region to monitor the ceasefire and Turkish parliament passed a troop deployment bill to send military observers.



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