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| Turkey denies claims that its F-16 shot down Armenian fighter jet | Turkey denies claims that its F-16 shot down Armenian fighter jet |
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| Yerevan’s claims that a Turkish F-16 attacked and destroyed an Armenian Su-25 fighter jet are false, a Turkish presidential spokesman insisted, echoing the position voiced by the Azeri Defense Ministry. | Yerevan’s claims that a Turkish F-16 attacked and destroyed an Armenian Su-25 fighter jet are false, a Turkish presidential spokesman insisted, echoing the position voiced by the Azeri Defense Ministry. |
| “The claim that Turkish F-16s shot down an Armenian plane is not true,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, told the press. | “The claim that Turkish F-16s shot down an Armenian plane is not true,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, told the press. |
| Altun has urged Armenia to curb “cheap propaganda games” and withdraw its troops from “occupied territories” in the disrupted Nagorno-Karabakh region. | Altun has urged Armenia to curb “cheap propaganda games” and withdraw its troops from “occupied territories” in the disrupted Nagorno-Karabakh region. |
| He was echoed by Azeri Defense Ministry spokesman, Vagif Dergahli, who blasted reports of Turkish jets fighting for Azerbaijan as “lies and another fantasy of the Armenian military-propagandist machine.” | He was echoed by Azeri Defense Ministry spokesman, Vagif Dergahli, who blasted reports of Turkish jets fighting for Azerbaijan as “lies and another fantasy of the Armenian military-propagandist machine.” |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Armenia announced that a Turkish F-16 shot down one of its planes. The Su-25 was targeted while in Armenian airspace, and the pilot was killed in the attack, according to officials in Yerevan. | Earlier on Tuesday, Armenia announced that a Turkish F-16 shot down one of its planes. The Su-25 was targeted while in Armenian airspace, and the pilot was killed in the attack, according to officials in Yerevan. |
| The statement came just hours after Ankara pledged to help Azerbaijan to repel what it called “Armenian aggression” amid a new flare-up between Baku and Yerevan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. | The statement came just hours after Ankara pledged to help Azerbaijan to repel what it called “Armenian aggression” amid a new flare-up between Baku and Yerevan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. |
| Previously, Armenia warned that it’s ready to deploy Russian-made Iskander ballistic missiles to Nagorno-Karabakh if Turkey decides to send its F-16s to support Azerbaijan. | Previously, Armenia warned that it’s ready to deploy Russian-made Iskander ballistic missiles to Nagorno-Karabakh if Turkey decides to send its F-16s to support Azerbaijan. |
| Nagorno-Karabakh has been a bone of contention between Azerbaijan and Armenia for decades, with the two neighbors fighting a bloody war over it in the 1990s. The region is internationally recognized as Azerbaijan’s territory, but the local majority-Armenian population denies Azeri rule. Baku considers Nagorno-Karabakh to be illegally occupied by Yerevan. | |
| Tensions in the area spiked again on Sunday after an exchange of fire between Azeri and ethnic-Armenian soldiers. Both Baku and Yerevan accused each other of initiating the violence and killing civilians as a result of strikes. | |
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