'Armenia committed crime against humanity in Karabakh'

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who heads the Republican People's Party (CHP) said, "Armenia is supposed to withdraw from Azerbaijani territories to prevent further bloodshed"

Armenia committed terrorism and crimes against humanity in the occupied Upper Karabakh region, Turkey's main opposition leader said Tuesday.

"Armenia is supposed to withdraw from Azerbaijani territories to prevent further bloodshed," Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who heads the Republican People's Party (CHP), told his party's parliamentary group.

Kılıçdaroğlu said Armenia attacked civilians in Azerbaijan, violating a temporary cease-fire that had been declared for both sides to exchange prisoners and retrieve bodies.

"This is a crime against humanity, this is terrorism," he stressed.

Kılıçdaroğlu underlined that Armenia's attacks on civilians "could not be accepted by anyone."

Armenian forces launched a missile strike on Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, at around 2.00 a.m. local time Sunday (2200GMT Saturday) -- despite the region being outside the frontline zone -- violating a cease-fire between the two sides and leaving at least 35 civilians wounded, including women and children.

The humanitarian truce had been declared Saturday for the exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies of either sides' soldiers in Upper Karabakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan.

The cease-fire came after a trilateral meeting was held in Moscow on Friday between the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

"We are ready to make any contribution to the solution of the issue," Kılıçdaroğlu said. "Why does Turkey not sit at this [negotiating] table?" he asked.

Fresh clashes began on Sept. 27 when Armenian forces targeted civilian Azerbaijani settlements and military positions in the region, leading to casualties.

Many world powers, including Russia, France and the US, have called for a new cease-fire. Turkey, meanwhile, has supported Baku's right to self-defense and demanded the withdrawal of Armenia's occupying forces.

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