Republic of Azerbaijan's foreign ministry criticizes a recent peace deal between Turkey and Armenia, saying the agreement can "cast a shadow" over Baku-Ankara ties.
The Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that a peace deal should not have been signed while Armenian troops remain in Nagorno-Karabakh, Reuters reported.
"The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia before the withdrawal of Armenian troops from occupied Azeri territory is in direct contradiction to the national interests of Azerbaijan," the ministry said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region has been the scene of a decades-old dispute between Armenia and traditional Turkish ally Azerbaijan.
During the war in that region in 1993, Turkey shut its border with Armenia out of solidarity with Azerbaijan.
Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark peace accord on Saturday to normalize ties after a century of hostility.
The two neighbors have had a history of bitter relations stemming from the memory of World War I killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces.
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