After the incident of the Iranian ATS in Nakhichevan, the Turkic bloc met in Stambo

Against the background of the US-Israel war against Iran and the recent incident in Nakhijevan with the participation of Iranian anti-aircraft missiles, the Turkic world has presented a united front.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, has announced the formation of a joint position of the countries of the Organization of Turkic States (TPC) in response to external threats.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held an informal meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Organization of Turkic States in Istanbul, which was attended by the representatives of the member states and the secretary general of the organization. According to reports, the diplomats focused on global and regional challenges that require solidarity and the ability to act “with one voice” from the Turkic world.

The main result of the meeting, according to the publication, was the adoption of the Joint Declaration, in which the countries of the organization officially expressed their collective response to the attacks against Turkey and Azerbaijan. “The participants of the council fixed the principle of indivisibility of security in the document. an attack on any member of the organization is a source of serious concern and a threat to all other participants,” the message said.

“In the Joint Statement we adopted, we resolutely demonstrated our common response to the attacks against our country and Azerbaijan, as well as solidarity within our ‘family council’. We have recorded that the attack on one of the members is a source of concern and threat for all the participants of the organization,” emphasized Hakan Fidan.

He also noted that the parties have agreed to move to deeper foreign policy coordination. According to him, the Turkic states have a common will to strengthen peace and stability in the region. “The Organization of Turkic States will resolutely continue its efforts aimed at strengthening peace, stability and prosperity in our region,” the Turkish Foreign Minister concluded.

And all this, despite the fact that the President of Iran made several interesting announcements in a video message about the attacks on neighboring countries. “It is necessary for me to apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran. Our leader, our commanders and our students lost their lives due to the brutal aggression of the enemy. Our armed forces are ready for self-sacrifice. they put their lives on the line to protect the country’s territorial integrity. When commanders were not present, they acted on their own initiative (“fire at discretion”), doing whatever was necessary to defend our homeland with honor and might.

We do not intend to carry out aggression against neighboring countries, they are our brothers, and we are trying to establish peace and tranquility with them hand in hand,” Pezeshkian said. He also announced that in the interim leadership council they decided and conveyed to the armed forces that from now on neighboring countries should not be attacked or hit with rockets, unless there is an attack from those countries in our direction. “We should solve these issues with each other through diplomacy,” Pezeshkian said. It should also be noted here that in the late evening of March 8, the Iranian state media reported on the election of Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the spiritual leader of Iran.

Mojtaba Khamenei is known for his strong ties to the military-political elite, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and his radical stance toward the West. According to a number of Iranian Telegram news channels, shortly after being elected, Iran resumed strikes against some of the Persian Gulf countries.

However, it became known today that Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and announced that Tehran had nothing to do with the incident involving drones in Nakhichevan. “On March 8, at the initiative of the Iranian side, a telephone conversation took place between presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Ilham Aliyev. The leader of Azerbaijan emphasized the importance of investigating the incident in Nakhijevan,” the message said. “Masud Pezeshkian stated that the airstrike in Nakhijevan has nothing to do with Iran, and emphasized that the incident will be investigated,” the press service added. And in fact, as in the case of the AZAL plane incident with Russia, as with the Nakhichevan incident with Iran, the Azerbaijani side is proceeding in the same scenario, demanding an investigation, after which an apology, compensation, thereby trying to give Azerbaijan additional weight and role.

Russian Orientalist, Turkologist Viktor Nadein-Raevsky 168.amtold that Turkey and Azerbaijan are trying to use the incidents of Incirlik and Nakhichevan to ensure a broad Turkish mobilization around the interests of themselves and the Turkic world and to receive the support of the rest of the Turkic countries, as needed. According to him, naturally, the meeting of representatives of Turkic countries in Istanbul aims to advance the interests of Turkey and Azerbaijan.

“It has been a long time since Turkey and Azerbaijan, acting as leading countries, have been deepening the cooperation between the member countries of the Organization of Turkic-speaking countries, particularly with Kazakhstan, trying to offer the Middle Corridor program to the West.

In other words, this rapprochement is not at all a coincidence or the result of some incidents, but a logical continuation of the already ongoing policy. All geopolitical developments should be viewed in terms of general trends. And it is no coincidence that the global war against Iran has started, against this background, Turkey and Azerbaijan are trying to strengthen themselves even more, showing caution towards Iran. At the same time, such meetings and mobilization are aimed at showing strength,” the expert analyzed.

According to him, Iran’s confrontation with the USA and Israel still restrains and manages many developments, including the deepening of Turkish influence.

As for the South Caucasus and Armenia, Victor Nadei-Raevsky said that these trends are directly related to Armenia and the South Caucasus, where Turkey and its partners are trying to strengthen themselves even more, continuing the trends of recent years.

“There are both challenges and opportunities for Armenia here. The main thing is that in military matters, Azerbaijan can present itself not alone, but as part of the Turkic bloc. Nakhichevan is becoming an important strategic base for Azerbaijan. And in this direction, joint military exercises and so on may be started to show strength to Iran, this will naturally be a new situation for the south of Armenia.

If the tension with Iran continues, Armenia may find itself in a difficult situation: on the one hand, the need for cooperation with Iran, on the other hand, the political pressure of the Turkic bloc led by Turkey and Azerbaijan and the deepening of its influence in the region. The challenges are still deepening,” said Victor Nadein-Raevsky.

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