March 7, 2008 - 17:14 AMT
Reports on Azeri-Turkish joint operation in Karabakh absurd
"Reports on an Azeri-Turkish joint operation against PKK rebels in Nagorno Karabakh are too absurd to be commented on," RA MFA acting spokesman Tigran Balayan told a briefing in Yerevan.

"All these reports are nothing but a regular canard," he said.

Yesterday, Makfax Macedonian agency with a reference to Azerbaijan's daily Yeni Musavat reported that Turkey is bracing for a joint military operation with Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh.

The preparations are under way for a comprehensive military operation in Nagorno Karabakh against members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who were forced out from northern Iraq by the Turkish Army.

Yeni Musavat's article, which was cited in several Turkish media today, says that "even US approved such a move."