Azerbaijan will attack Nagorno-Karabakh/Armenia and ready to face Russian army

litwin · Mar 2, 2013

does Azerbaijan(with Turkish support) have a chance?

The Azerbaijani government has stated that if Baku chooses to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict via wide-scale military operations, it will face Russian soldiers rather than Armenian, its neighboring country which currently controls occupied Azerbaijani territories.

President Ilham Aliyev has always promised a military solution to the [Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict and he still has the issue on the agenda. The option of a military solution is always on the table, but the most important thing is how this kind of operation will be carried out. We need to become much stronger so that if we become involved in combat in Nagorno-Karabakh we can stand up to Russian troops, because that is who we will have to face. Did Armenia occupy our territories? Do you think Armenia's power is sufficient for that? asked Ali Hasanov, Azerbaijan's deputy prime minister, in a press conference held with a group of Turkish reporters in the capital city of Baku.

Recalling his home city, which is also in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Hasanov said the occupation was accomplished with the military support of Russia. I saw Russian soldiers get out of tanks and celebrate their victory with champagne.

Russia is considered the dominant power in the region, seeking to preserve its influence over its former republics and, in particular, the South Caucasus. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has attempted to manipulate the region through protracted conflicts, including Nagorno-Karabakh, a territorial conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia that still remains unsettled.

Azerbaijan lost 20 percent of its territories as a result of the bloody war over Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s, prompting Turkey to close its border with neighboring Armenia in a sign of solidarity with its ally Azerbaijan. Turkey's isolation of Armenia has subsequently pushed Armenia toward Russia.

Moscow and Yerevan signed a mutual security agreement and Russia is known to be backing Armenia militarily, as its only ally in the region.

While Azerbaijan is developing in economic terms and translating its economic might into military muscle, Russia continues to pursue its policy of domination over Armenia through its notorious economic leverage.

According to diplomatic sources, following the government change in Georgia, a neighboring country that also acts as a buffer zone between Armenia and Russia and as a transit country to deliver Caspian energy resources to Europe, Baku became concerned, as newly elected Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is reported to be closer to Russia rather than the Western powers President Mikhail Saakashvili is known to be close to.

Moreover, Baku is very concerned about Iran's position in the region, as Tehran is easing the blockade of Armenia by lending a helping hand to Yerevan. Azerbaijan keeps Armenia out of regional projects as part of its policy to keep Yerevan under economic blockade in a bid to push its adversary abandon its intransigent position over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

If Tehran breaks its ties with Armenia, Yerevan will die of hunger, Hasanov said to Today's Zaman.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-308523-.html
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waltky · Sep 26, 2015

Granny says dat's where Noah landed the ark...

Tensions Rise Again Between Armenia, Azerbaijan
September 25, 2015 - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has expressed concern about an outbreak of violence near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, in which three people died late Thursday.

Armenia says three civilians died in shelling and gunfire in villages near the border with Azerbaijan. Government officials said two others were wounded in the shelling and condemned the incident as an "act of provocation" by Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan did not answer the accusation directly but said earlier in the day that Azerbaijani villages near the border with Armenia had come under fire and Azeri forces retaliated.

The two former Soviet republics fought a war over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian region of Azerbaijan that is controlled by Armenian forces, in the late 1990s before arriving at a cease-fire. But relations remain tense, and the sides have never achieved a permanent peace agreement.

The OSCE said Friday it objects to the use of heavy artillery around civilian areas, saying it represents "an unacceptable escalation" of the conflict. It appealed to both sides "in the strongest possible terms" to avoid civilian casualties. The foreign ministers of the two countries are expected to meet in the coming days on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

http://www.voanews.com/content/tensions-rise-again-between-armenia-azerbaijan/2978257.html
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DavidMK · Sep 26, 2015

litwin said: ↑

does Azerbaijan(with Turkish support) have a chance?
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Turkey is 6 months away from looking like Syria, so no support there. On the other hand, the Russians can't even win a war with Ukraine, so I like their chances.

Shangrila · Sep 27, 2015

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