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ARMENIA'S PROVOCATION AT FRONT LINE CONNECTED WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO REGION
Trend
June 5 2012
Azerbaijan
The attempts of the Armenian armed forces to complicate the situation
at the front line are connected with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton's visit to the region, Azerbaijani MP Bahtiyar Sadigov told
Trend today.
He said that the tension created by Armenia at the front line, is
not accidental. It is part of its insidious policy.
"These actions are not random," he said. "If we consider the period
of the ceasefire regime for the last five years, one can see that the
serious talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, the talks with the presidents are
being held every time. The Armenian side violates the ceasefire regime.
They are trying for the situation at the front line to be discussed
in the negotiation process. I think that the latter activation is not
accidental either. It is connected with Clinton's visit to the region."
If the Armenian side strains the situation, they will try to present
this to Clinton as pressure from the Azerbaijani side and Azerbaijan's
blackmail toward Armenia, he said.
"Knowing that Armenia's economic, political and military levels
are much lower than that of Azerbaijan, Yerevan will seek for the
military variant of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be
always rejected in the negotiation process and for Armenia to be able
to maintain the status quo," he said.
He said that exacerbating the situation at the front line, Armenia
is playing with fire.
"Let the Armenians remember this," he said. "The fact that the
Azerbaijani lands are under long occupation strains the nerves taking
into account that Azerbaijan is a strong country, but a weak country
holds its lands under occupation and tries to strike blows. This is
a very dangerous game."
It should be recalled that at 06:30 on June 5 Armenian sabotage
group's efforts to enter Azerbaijani Armed Forces' positions in
Ashagi Eskipara village in the Gazakh region failed and it retreated
by suffering losses.
As a result of the fight, 4 soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
were killed.
Another Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of fire opened
from nameless heights in Gazakh region.
Earlier, military sources told Trend that the Armenian armed forces
attempted to attack the Azerbaijani positions in the Gazakh region.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
June 5 2012
Azerbaijan
The attempts of the Armenian armed forces to complicate the situation
at the front line are connected with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton's visit to the region, Azerbaijani MP Bahtiyar Sadigov told
Trend today.
He said that the tension created by Armenia at the front line, is
not accidental. It is part of its insidious policy.
"These actions are not random," he said. "If we consider the period
of the ceasefire regime for the last five years, one can see that the
serious talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, the talks with the presidents are
being held every time. The Armenian side violates the ceasefire regime.
They are trying for the situation at the front line to be discussed
in the negotiation process. I think that the latter activation is not
accidental either. It is connected with Clinton's visit to the region."
If the Armenian side strains the situation, they will try to present
this to Clinton as pressure from the Azerbaijani side and Azerbaijan's
blackmail toward Armenia, he said.
"Knowing that Armenia's economic, political and military levels
are much lower than that of Azerbaijan, Yerevan will seek for the
military variant of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be
always rejected in the negotiation process and for Armenia to be able
to maintain the status quo," he said.
He said that exacerbating the situation at the front line, Armenia
is playing with fire.
"Let the Armenians remember this," he said. "The fact that the
Azerbaijani lands are under long occupation strains the nerves taking
into account that Azerbaijan is a strong country, but a weak country
holds its lands under occupation and tries to strike blows. This is
a very dangerous game."
It should be recalled that at 06:30 on June 5 Armenian sabotage
group's efforts to enter Azerbaijani Armed Forces' positions in
Ashagi Eskipara village in the Gazakh region failed and it retreated
by suffering losses.
As a result of the fight, 4 soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
were killed.
Another Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of fire opened
from nameless heights in Gazakh region.
Earlier, military sources told Trend that the Armenian armed forces
attempted to attack the Azerbaijani positions in the Gazakh region.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.