Lawmakers voted on Tuesday, November 17, in favour of a one-year mandate allowing the government to send troops to Azerbaijan to observe possible violations of a Russia-brokered ceasefire from a joint Turkish-Russian monitoring centre, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed the truce on November 10, to halt military clashes over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which saw six weeks of fighting between Armenian separatists and the Azeri military, which is backed by Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will determine how many troops will be deployed.
Civilian personnel can also be deployed as part of the peacekeeping mission, according to the motion.
On November 11, Turkey and Russia signed an agreement for establishing a joint centre to monitor the cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia is set to send about 2,000 peacekeeping troops under a five-year mandate.
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