Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on February 19 told Azerbaijan's visiting leader that he wanted Baku to avoid future border flare-ups with Armenia and to pursue a lasting peace. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Ankara -- Baku's most important military and diplomatic supporter on the global stage -- after holding rare talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The Munich meeting's stakes were raised by a deadly clash last week along the Azerbaijan-Armenian border that Yerevan said killed four Armenian troops. The two leaders also signed a number of commercial and cultural agreements, the sides said.
