ArmInfo.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's behavior in Syria may inspire his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev to take inadequate steps. This was stated by  the head of the central office of "Hay Dat" and on political issues  of the ARF, Kiro Manoyan at a press conference on October 15,  speaking about the military aggression of Turkey against Syria.

Manoyan assessed the situation in Syria from the perspective of a  possible aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. According to him, the  process of its settlement was actually stopped even before the April  war of 2016. "This is not about negotiations, but about the  settlement of the conflict," he stressed. Manoyan noted that after  the April war the negotiation process was frozen, and then, in  connection with the change of power in Armenia, the heads of the two  countries took some time to get to know each other.  "But today,  taking into account the recent statements by Ilham Aliyev and the  response of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, I think we  should not expect progress in resolving the Karabakh issue," he said.

To recall, at the CIS summit in Ashgabat, Ilham Aliyev called the  national hero of Armenia Garegin Nzhdeh an accomplice of the Nazis,  who "heroized the former Armenian government." For his part, Nikol  Pashinyan emphasized that Nzhdeh fought against the Turkish  occupation, and called not to distort historical facts, but to give  them an objective assessment.

"There is always a chance for an aggravation of the situation, but  the current situation in Syria, to some extent, I guess to have  reduced this probability. I think that political forces will be very  careful not to have a few hot spots in our region. But Erdogan's  behavior in Syria can inspire his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham  Aliyev to inadequate steps, and we must always be ready for any  reality, including military action. It is not excluded that months  later similar events will be provoked, but  with participation  of  the other players.  "Manoyan said.