Russian SVR "senses" Turkish intelligence's involvement in Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) "senses" that the Turkish intelligence is involved in the battles of Nagorno-Karabakh, and sees "separate elements" of its work, SVR director Sergey Naryshkin has said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

"We feel the work of the Turkish intelligence service, we see certain elements of this work," Naryshkin said when asked about the conflict.

According to Naryshkin, the SVR "had accurate information" about the presence of terrorists in the conflict zone, including from the Middle East and, above all, from Syria.

"We receive this data from a number of countries, from different sources and from our various partner services," the SVR chief said.

In the war against Artsakh (Karabakh), Turkey is supporting Azerbaijan militarily, also by transferring terrorist mercenaries from Libya and Syria to fight against Karabakh. Armenia was the first to report on Turkey's deployment of thousands of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan. International media publications followed suit, as did reactions from France, Russia, Iran and Syria. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army has already unveiled footage from the interrogation of two such terrorists captured on the front.

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages.