The Azerbaijani POW, Emin Bakhshaliyev, said that he feels fine and has no complaints from the conditions of his detention. He said he is given meals three times a day. “I am treated normally here, there is no violence or torture. I had been wounded in my left leg, every day my wound is being treated and the dressing is replaced,” he said.
Bakhshaliyev said that Azerbaijan declared mobilization either on September 3 or 5. “In the summer of this year, joint large-scale military exercises were held, after which a military formation of the Turkish Armed Forces stayed in Azerbaijan. I was also informed that at the time of starting the war servicemen from Pakistan were to help us. The military specialists who arrived from Turkey held combat readiness trainings with our platoon for 3-5 days, the purpose of which was to obtain mountainous terrain combat skills. The military officers who came from Turkey didn’t train only us, I also happened to see that these Turkish military officers were training other units as well. These combat readiness trainings were held for a total of 10-15 days with the entire personnel of our military base. When the Turks visited our military base they told us to get ready for combat readiness trainings in the mountains. We held combat readiness trainings in the mountains with different units, and we were told to get ready for war, because soon military actions would start, that we have to launch an attack on our only enemy, at the direction of the Armenian positions,” the Azerbaijani serviceman said.
Bakhshaliyev said the Turkish officers were wearing Turkish military uniforms, ...
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