The Armenian Defense Ministry on Saturday reacted to media reports that Turkish special forces have been stationed in the area of Black Lake (Sev Lich) in Syunik Province.
“Some media reports suggest that special forces of the Turkish army have been deployed near Black Lake in Syunik Province for two days now.
“The Republic of Armenia, in particular the Armenian Defense Ministry, has repeatedly raised the issue that the Turkish military is heavily involved in the training, instructions and even management processes of the Azerbaijani army.
“The best evidence of this was the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, in which the Turkish armed forces were directly involved. The presence of the Turkish military in the Azerbaijani army units has long been a fact, confirmed including by the Defense Ministry of Armenia,” the ministry said in a statement.
“From this viewpoint, the accusations that the Defense Ministry of Armenia is hiding some facts related to the presence of Turkish servicemen in the Azerbaijani armed forces are simply groundless.
“With regard to the photo of a soldier with Turkish emblem, it has been taken on non-Armenian part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the movement of the troops was controlled by the units of the Armenian armed forces, and there is no question of "deployment of a Turkish army unit" in the area,” reads the statement.
