PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey plans to hold joint military exercises with Azerbaijan this week in a region bordering Iran after the government in Baku criticized Tehran for staging army drills near its border, Bloomberg reports.
“The Steadfast Brotherhood-2021 drill will take place with the participation of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Nakhijivan, Azerbaijan between 5-8 October,” Major Pinar Kara, a spokeswoman of Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense, said in a televised announcement.
The announcement came after Iran’s army said last week that it was holding drills in the northwest of the country. Earlier on Sunday, October 3, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended the exercises near the border with Azerbaijan, which other officials have linked to Baku’s close ties with Tehran’s foe, Israel.
Without naming anyone, Khamenei said countries in the region around Iran’s northwest shouldn’t al...
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