Overview
- Speaking at the fifth‑anniversary parade of the 2020 Karabakh war’s end, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan voiced optimism about achieving a durable Armenia–Azerbaijan peace and said Turkey will do everything it can to support it.
- He praised Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s efforts and welcomed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s bold steps toward reconciliation.
- Erdoğan said the 2020 outcome ended a major injustice, ushered in a new era for the region, and shifted the geopolitical balance, while pledging to prevent any repeat of past suffering.
- He highlighted practical cooperation with Azerbaijan in energy and transport, citing the recently commissioned Iğdır–Nakhchivan gas pipeline, plans to maximize use of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway, and development of the East–West corridor.
- Reporting from August 2025 noted a Washington meeting that produced a declaration on the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers paraphing an agreed peace text, signaling procedural progress short of a signed treaty.