I Am Surprised How Russia Has Allowed Turkey So Close, Says Norat Ter-Grigoryants

I am surprised how Russia has allowed Turkey to come so close. This was stated by the former Chief of Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Norat Ter-Grigoryants in an interview with NEWS.am.

“Turkey, although smiling and hugging with Russia, will still die as an aggressive country one day. It was Aliyev who pulled Turkey into the South Caucasus because of Nagorno-Karabakh. The entire noise, the war, and everything else is directed against Russia. According to its opponents, all countries around Russia must either be destroyed or join NATO. Ukraine and Georgia are in NATO, and now Kazakhstan is barely holding on. Turkey is the second strongest military power in NATO. But Putin announced that if the war escalates in Armenian territory, then the CSTO will engage. However, first of all, the Russian base in Gyumri will be operational. It is a strong base,” he said.