Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that a Turkish military base could be created in Azerbaijan under the recently signed bilateral "Shusha Declaration", aimed at strengthening defense partnership, EurAsian Times reported.
“This issue [Turkish military base in Azerbaijan] is not outside the provisions of the Shusha agreement. Further consideration of the issue is possible. The most important thing now is to ensure border security. The negotiations of [Azerbaijan President] Ilham Aliyev and [Russian President] Vladimir Putin can contribute to developing this topic, as well as our upcoming negotiations,” Erdogan told reporters, as quoted by Hurriyet newspaper.
Earlier, the 13th meeting of the Azerbaijani-Turkish High-Level Military Dialogue commenced in Baku on June 3 for a multifaceted discussion of the bilateral military cooperation, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence said.
Erdogan paid an official visit to Azerbaijan on June 15-16. He visited the occupied Artsakh town of Shushi with the Azerbaijani president, where they signed the declaration.