Azerbaijan and Russia's relations have deteriorated, with the main culprit, the big boss, speaking out - Turkish President Erdogan, called on Azerbaijan and Russia to exercise restraint. He claimed that Turkey maintains deep diplomatic and strategic relations with both Azerbaijan and Russia. Turkey is closely monitoring the development of the tense situation and calls on Azerbaijan and Russia to exercise restraint. Optimistically stating that the relationship between Moscow and Baku will not cause irreparable damage, still expressing optimism!

Turkey is Azerbaijan's biggest backer. Without Turkey's support, Azerbaijan would absolutely not dare to be so resolute and obvious in its anti-Russian stance. This is a fact. It should be noted that Azerbaijan has only 10 million people, and although its military strength has been enhanced, it is nothing compared to Russia, and it is far behind Ukraine in terms of military power.

The relationship between Azerbaijan and Russia has also accumulated many years of conflicts, and the direct reason is that an Azerbaijani passenger plane was shot down by Russian air defense forces without compensation. The fundamental reason is that Azerbaijani personnel were arrested in Russia and two of them were killed. After that, Azerbaijan exploded completely, which is the direct cause.

The fundamental reason is that the relationship between the two sides has undergone irreversible changes, no matter what, this is the fact.

Although Turkey says it will persuade the two countries to achieve peace and stop fighting, in reality, it may be quite difficult. Turkey is the biggest backer of Azerbaijan, but Russia is still afraid of offending Turkey, because Turkey controls the Bosporus Strait. If it offends Turkey, and then blocks the strait, trouble will come.

However, it doesn't matter. The conflict between Turkey and Russia has continued for centuries. The open and secret struggles under the table are facts. It just depends on how it is handled. It is estimated that finally it will be cold-processed!

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