Armenia PM slams Turkey over Azerbaijan conflict

Armenia's Prime Minister on Tuesday accused Turkey and Azerbaijan of a joint "international terrorist attack" on Nagor-Karabakh region - an area of land inside Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenian government.

Conflict erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on September 27 over control of region, plunging area into a crisis.

Turkey has backed Azerbaijan’s demand for Armenia’s withdrawal from Nagor-Karabakh as a precondition for any ceasefire, and has expressed a desire to be present in any negotiations between warring nations.

But speaking to U.K. brocaster Sky, Armenia's PM Nikol Nikol Pashinian said he would t accept peace talks if Turkey was part of m.

"It is absolutely t inflammatory langu when I say that this (Turkey's support of Azerbaijan) is Turkey's policy to continue Armenian gecide," Nikol Pashinian  said.

He also claimed that Azerbaijan "initiated an attack" on Nagor-Karabakh region, something he believes is "impermissible" in eyes of international community.

Nagor-Karabakh officials said about 220 soldiers and at least 21 civilians have died in fighting.

Azerbaijani authorities haven't reported military casualties but said 27 civilians have been killed.

Both sides have accused each or of expanding hostilities onto ir territory beyond Nagor-Karabakh.

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(Representative Im)