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AZERBAIJAN WAITING FOR ARMENIA TO GO BANKRUPT: DE WAAL
epress.am
11.18.2011
The possibility of renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh is very small, Thomas de Waal, an expert on the
South Caucasus and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace in Washington, said in an interview with
ArmRADIO-FM107.
"In July of this year, I travelled to Baku, and their reaction after
Kazan was that they don't want war and they're spending money on
weapons not to fight but to force Armenia to join the arms race and
go bankrupt. I think that Azerbaijan is living an illusion," he said,
reports Russian-language news agency Regnum.
According to the analyst, regardless of financial means, Armenia won't
make unilateral concessions. "If you go back 10-15 years ago, Armenia
and Azerbaijan were equal. Now Azerbaijan is clearly a richer and
stronger country. However, can this be linked with the Karabakh issue?
No, I don't think so, because even if Armenia is poorer and weaker,
it will do everything in its power to protect Karabakh. And although
I don't think Armenia has very good social and economic prospects,
I also don't think that Armenia will be forced to cede Karabakh."
epress.am
11.18.2011
The possibility of renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh is very small, Thomas de Waal, an expert on the
South Caucasus and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace in Washington, said in an interview with
ArmRADIO-FM107.
"In July of this year, I travelled to Baku, and their reaction after
Kazan was that they don't want war and they're spending money on
weapons not to fight but to force Armenia to join the arms race and
go bankrupt. I think that Azerbaijan is living an illusion," he said,
reports Russian-language news agency Regnum.
According to the analyst, regardless of financial means, Armenia won't
make unilateral concessions. "If you go back 10-15 years ago, Armenia
and Azerbaijan were equal. Now Azerbaijan is clearly a richer and
stronger country. However, can this be linked with the Karabakh issue?
No, I don't think so, because even if Armenia is poorer and weaker,
it will do everything in its power to protect Karabakh. And although
I don't think Armenia has very good social and economic prospects,
I also don't think that Armenia will be forced to cede Karabakh."