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ARMENIAN EXPERT: ARMED INCIDENT LINKED TO CLINTON'S VISIT
tert.am
04.06.12
The armed incident in Tavush region is directly linked to US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton's scheduled visit to Armenia, according to
Artsrun Hovhannisyan, a military expert.
Speaking to Tert.am, Hovhannisyan said that Azerbaijan wanted in
that manner to prove that it is ready to resort to armed operations
to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Especially now that the west turned the spotlight on the Aliyev clan,
Azerbaijan is trying to distract attention by inciting incidents on the
borderline," he said, adding that such efforts aim to counterbalance
BBC's recent film about the country.
Hovhannisyan believes that Azerbaijan seeks to prove to the world
that it faces no hardships domestically, with the unresolved
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict being its only problem.
Asked what preference the US Secretary would give to the Karabakh
conflict in the course of her coming tour, he said: "The maintenance
of the status quo in Karabakh is more than ever a strategic issue
for Karabakh. The west is facing now so many problems, that a trivial
issue like Karabakh is not of primary importance for it, to say the
least. But through its control over the peace process, the West has
hinted numerously that it leaves the solution to Moscow."
tert.am
04.06.12
The armed incident in Tavush region is directly linked to US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton's scheduled visit to Armenia, according to
Artsrun Hovhannisyan, a military expert.
Speaking to Tert.am, Hovhannisyan said that Azerbaijan wanted in
that manner to prove that it is ready to resort to armed operations
to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Especially now that the west turned the spotlight on the Aliyev clan,
Azerbaijan is trying to distract attention by inciting incidents on the
borderline," he said, adding that such efforts aim to counterbalance
BBC's recent film about the country.
Hovhannisyan believes that Azerbaijan seeks to prove to the world
that it faces no hardships domestically, with the unresolved
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict being its only problem.
Asked what preference the US Secretary would give to the Karabakh
conflict in the course of her coming tour, he said: "The maintenance
of the status quo in Karabakh is more than ever a strategic issue
for Karabakh. The west is facing now so many problems, that a trivial
issue like Karabakh is not of primary importance for it, to say the
least. But through its control over the peace process, the West has
hinted numerously that it leaves the solution to Moscow."