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AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN GENERAL STAFFS HAVE 'SIMILAR PLANS'
News.Az
Aug 24 2010
Azerbaijan
Uzeyir Jafarov A Turkish military base in Nakhchivan would free up
Azerbaijani troops for Karabakh, just as the Russian base in Armenia
frees up Armenian troops.
This is the view of Azerbaijani military analyst Uzeyir Jafarov. He was
responding to remarks made to Regnum news agency by Masis Mailyan,
chairman of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic's public
council on foreign policy and security.
Mailyan said that if war were to resume in Karabakh, "It is clear
that the Russian Defence Ministry's 102nd military base in Armenia
will not be used for the 'protection of Karabakh'. However, the
participation of the Russian base and the CSTO (Collective Security
Treaty Organization) in protecting the borders of Armenia will allow
Armenian armed forces to concentrate on the eastern section."
Commenting on this statement, military expert Uzeyir Jafarov said: "The
plans of the Armenian and Azerbaijan general staff are surprisingly
similar. The possible creation of a Turkish military base in Nakhchivan
will also allow the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry to withdraw a large
military division currently concentrated in the autonomous republic
and transfer those forces to the Karabakh sector.
Nakhchivan's protection can be entrusted to fraternal Turkey, while
Azerbaijan has neighbourly relations with Iran and Russia."
Jafarov accused Mailyan of "libelling Azerbaijan" in his remarks that
"Azerbaijan is not ready to recognize the fundamental rights of the
residents of Karabakh including the right to life, while Karabakh
Armenians are not going to reject their independent statehood".
Azerbaijan has never denied the right of citizens to life while the
proposal of wide autonomy is recognition of the right to have one's
own life. However, self-determination and unilateral secession from a
state are different things. The two-community population of Karabakh
can determine its fate only within Azerbaijan."
From: A. Papazian
News.Az
Aug 24 2010
Azerbaijan
Uzeyir Jafarov A Turkish military base in Nakhchivan would free up
Azerbaijani troops for Karabakh, just as the Russian base in Armenia
frees up Armenian troops.
This is the view of Azerbaijani military analyst Uzeyir Jafarov. He was
responding to remarks made to Regnum news agency by Masis Mailyan,
chairman of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic's public
council on foreign policy and security.
Mailyan said that if war were to resume in Karabakh, "It is clear
that the Russian Defence Ministry's 102nd military base in Armenia
will not be used for the 'protection of Karabakh'. However, the
participation of the Russian base and the CSTO (Collective Security
Treaty Organization) in protecting the borders of Armenia will allow
Armenian armed forces to concentrate on the eastern section."
Commenting on this statement, military expert Uzeyir Jafarov said: "The
plans of the Armenian and Azerbaijan general staff are surprisingly
similar. The possible creation of a Turkish military base in Nakhchivan
will also allow the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry to withdraw a large
military division currently concentrated in the autonomous republic
and transfer those forces to the Karabakh sector.
Nakhchivan's protection can be entrusted to fraternal Turkey, while
Azerbaijan has neighbourly relations with Iran and Russia."
Jafarov accused Mailyan of "libelling Azerbaijan" in his remarks that
"Azerbaijan is not ready to recognize the fundamental rights of the
residents of Karabakh including the right to life, while Karabakh
Armenians are not going to reject their independent statehood".
Azerbaijan has never denied the right of citizens to life while the
proposal of wide autonomy is recognition of the right to have one's
own life. However, self-determination and unilateral secession from a
state are different things. The two-community population of Karabakh
can determine its fate only within Azerbaijan."
From: A. Papazian