Azerbaijani Author Claims Aliyev Prioritizes Israel, US Over Turkey
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Author Soper Azari claims Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is sidelining Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in favor of closer ties with Israel and the U.S. Azari criticizes Aliyev's handling of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War victory and his deepening relationship with Israel, a key arms supplier. The author warns this policy endangers Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and will cause long-term damage.
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- Author Soper Azari claims Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is distancing himself from Turkey's Erdogan.
- Aliyev reportedly prefers strengthening ties with Israel and the U.S. over Turkey.
- Criticism focuses on Aliyev's handling of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War victory.
- Azerbaijan has deepened its relationship with Israel, a key arms supplier.
- The author warns Aliyev's policy endangers Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and causes long-term damage.
Author Soper Azari claims that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is distancing himself from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, preferring to strengthen ties with Israel and the United States at Turkey's expense. Azari suggests that beneath the surface of a historical alliance, a deep rift is developing that could harm relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The criticism, attributed to an author named Ahadov, also focuses on Azerbaijan's victory in the 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. While Turkish military support was widely acknowledged as crucial to the victory, Aliyev allegedly sought to claim the triumph for himself, largely ignoring Ankara's role. Concurrently, the Azerbaijani president has deepened his country's relationship with Israel, a significant supplier of advanced technology and weaponry to Baku for many years, and through Israel, has sought closer ties with the U.S. administration.
Ahadov criticizes this approach, warning of "devastating consequences." He is quoted as saying, "Aliyev is endangering Azerbaijan-Turkey relations solely to protect his short-term power." The author added, "We don't know what Israel promised him, but by falling into the Israeli game, he is challenging Turkey and causing deep, long-term damage to the brotherhood of nations." He further emphasized the harm to the Azerbaijani people, accusing Aliyev of sowing seeds of animosity between Azerbaijan and the Turkish people, historically Baku's strongest supporter. According to Ahadov, even after the Aliyev era, it will take many years to heal the diplomatic and social wounds left by his policies, which have placed the historical relationship in real danger in favor of strengthening the alliance with Jerusalem.
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