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HAS THE US UNDERSTOOD AT LAST WHAT AZERBAIJAN IS?
Nune AREVSHATYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/09/89074/
July 9, 2012 19:50
Political scientist Gagik Hambaryan, commenting on the decision of the
US Department of State to take Azerbaijan off the list of countries,
to which it sells weapons, during a conversation with www.aravot.am,
said, "It testifies that one of the Minsk Group co-chairs, namely
the US, has shown by this step that although they don't respond
openly or respond vaguely to the provocations of Azerbaijan, they,
nonetheless, understand who violates the ceasefire on the contact
line between Azerbaijan and Artsakh. They made it known by that that
they think Azerbaijanis are the only ones to blame. This was visible
more obviously during the latest visit of the US Secretary of State
to the region, when as a result of Azerbaijanis' provocations, 4
Armenian soldiers were killed and during the Armenian counterattack,
50 Azerbaijani officers and soldiers were killed, according to
unofficial data."
According to the political scientist, 99.9% of violations of the
ceasefire regime were committed by Azerbaijanis; the Armenian side
doesn't need it, since it has achieved its goal. And Azerbaijanis,
according to Gagik Hambaryan, have become impudent lately, because
the international community and the Minsk Group co-chairs haven't
made any statements and haven't blamed one of the sides, specifically,
for violating the ceasefire. "During the visit of the US Secretary of
State, they organized such provocations and the US government couldn't
help but respond to that. Although they didn't openly blame Azerbaijan
for organizing those provocations, at the same time, it was a hard
blow to Azerbaijan that the US Department of State crossed its name
off the list of countries, to which it sells weapons, because the
US showed that it didn't like the impudent attitude of Baku in the
region, which can make the situation in the region even worse and
greatly damage the US interests in not only Transcaucasia, but also
the whole Middle East. No one can say what will happen in the Middle
East, if military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, which will not be
the same as the military operations in 1991-94 at all, resume. So more
countries will be involved, more weapons of mass destruction will be
used against one another. And the existence of oil and gas pipelines
will be under great threat, because the Armenian side will necessarily
take into account that Azerbaijan will use the money gotten from oil
and gas to buy weapons and use them against Armenians."
According to the political scientist, it is good that at least one
of the Minsk Group co-chairs showed Azerbaijan by diplomatic and
military means that it didn't like the latter's attitude and this
means that Azerbaijani provocations may find clearer responses from
the international community and the US, in particular. "I would be
very happy, if France and Russia also expressed their positions on
the Azerbaijani provocations, in order that the situation in the
region returned to the previous course to some extent, until the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was settled around the negotiating table,"
the political scientist says.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/09/89074/
July 9, 2012 19:50
Political scientist Gagik Hambaryan, commenting on the decision of the
US Department of State to take Azerbaijan off the list of countries,
to which it sells weapons, during a conversation with www.aravot.am,
said, "It testifies that one of the Minsk Group co-chairs, namely
the US, has shown by this step that although they don't respond
openly or respond vaguely to the provocations of Azerbaijan, they,
nonetheless, understand who violates the ceasefire on the contact
line between Azerbaijan and Artsakh. They made it known by that that
they think Azerbaijanis are the only ones to blame. This was visible
more obviously during the latest visit of the US Secretary of State
to the region, when as a result of Azerbaijanis' provocations, 4
Armenian soldiers were killed and during the Armenian counterattack,
50 Azerbaijani officers and soldiers were killed, according to
unofficial data."
According to the political scientist, 99.9% of violations of the
ceasefire regime were committed by Azerbaijanis; the Armenian side
doesn't need it, since it has achieved its goal. And Azerbaijanis,
according to Gagik Hambaryan, have become impudent lately, because
the international community and the Minsk Group co-chairs haven't
made any statements and haven't blamed one of the sides, specifically,
for violating the ceasefire. "During the visit of the US Secretary of
State, they organized such provocations and the US government couldn't
help but respond to that. Although they didn't openly blame Azerbaijan
for organizing those provocations, at the same time, it was a hard
blow to Azerbaijan that the US Department of State crossed its name
off the list of countries, to which it sells weapons, because the
US showed that it didn't like the impudent attitude of Baku in the
region, which can make the situation in the region even worse and
greatly damage the US interests in not only Transcaucasia, but also
the whole Middle East. No one can say what will happen in the Middle
East, if military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, which will not be
the same as the military operations in 1991-94 at all, resume. So more
countries will be involved, more weapons of mass destruction will be
used against one another. And the existence of oil and gas pipelines
will be under great threat, because the Armenian side will necessarily
take into account that Azerbaijan will use the money gotten from oil
and gas to buy weapons and use them against Armenians."
According to the political scientist, it is good that at least one
of the Minsk Group co-chairs showed Azerbaijan by diplomatic and
military means that it didn't like the latter's attitude and this
means that Azerbaijani provocations may find clearer responses from
the international community and the US, in particular. "I would be
very happy, if France and Russia also expressed their positions on
the Azerbaijani provocations, in order that the situation in the
region returned to the previous course to some extent, until the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was settled around the negotiating table,"
the political scientist says.