We commemorate all our brave 2783 brothers with mercy and gratitude who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of the Azerbaijani lands, the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan posted on Facebook.
"We wish our wounded brothers a speedy recovery. We reiterate that we will always stand by Azerbaijan as we are 'one nation, two states'", the embassy said in their post.
Note, Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.
On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to the MoD, 2783 military servicemen of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces were killed in the second Nagorno-Karabakh war. Also, in the case of unidentified bodies of 100 servicemen, a DNA profile is being used to establish the identity of them. More than 100 servicemen went missing.
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