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NEITHER ARMENIA, RUSSIA NOR CSTO INTERESTED IN RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH, EXPERT SAYS
YEREVAN, June 27, / ARKA /. Neither Armenia, nor Russia nor the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are interested in the
resumption of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sergey
Minasian, head of Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute said today.
"It is clear that neither Russia nor the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, nor Armenia are interested in getting engaged in military
actions," he said on the sidelines of a CSTO-sponsored forum in
Yerevan held to look into political and security aspects of the CSTO.
Regarding the supply of Russian arms to Azerbaijan, he said the
official Moscow should exercise caution in the preservation of
military-technical balance of the conflicting parties.
According to media reports, Russia began the delivery of tanks,
artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion, to
Azerbaijan.The sale of weapons was defended earlier by Nikolay
Bordyuzha, secretary general of the CSTO who said Russia sells weapons
to dozens of countries, including those that are not members of the
CSTO. "It's business, it's a market, it's the Russian Federation's
economy."
"Russia is well aware that the military-technical balance must be
maintained, as it is the guarantee of non-resumption of hostilities
in the conflict zone," - said Minasyan.
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 after the
predominantly Armenian-populated enclave declared secession from
Azerbaijan. The Armenian majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede
from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic
of Nagorno-Karabakh. Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan,
erupted in the late winter of 1992.
International mediation by several groups including Europe's OSCE's
failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with. In
the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the
enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994, the Armenians
were in full control of most of the enclave and also held and
currently control seven regions beyond the administrative borders
of Nagorno-Karabakh. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in
May 1994 and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have
been held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/neither_armenia_russia_nor_csto_interested_in_resu mption_of_hostilities_in_nagorno_karabakh_expert_s/#sthash.XPs6vfPz.dpuf
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
YEREVAN, June 27, / ARKA /. Neither Armenia, nor Russia nor the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are interested in the
resumption of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sergey
Minasian, head of Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute said today.
"It is clear that neither Russia nor the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, nor Armenia are interested in getting engaged in military
actions," he said on the sidelines of a CSTO-sponsored forum in
Yerevan held to look into political and security aspects of the CSTO.
Regarding the supply of Russian arms to Azerbaijan, he said the
official Moscow should exercise caution in the preservation of
military-technical balance of the conflicting parties.
According to media reports, Russia began the delivery of tanks,
artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion, to
Azerbaijan.The sale of weapons was defended earlier by Nikolay
Bordyuzha, secretary general of the CSTO who said Russia sells weapons
to dozens of countries, including those that are not members of the
CSTO. "It's business, it's a market, it's the Russian Federation's
economy."
"Russia is well aware that the military-technical balance must be
maintained, as it is the guarantee of non-resumption of hostilities
in the conflict zone," - said Minasyan.
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 after the
predominantly Armenian-populated enclave declared secession from
Azerbaijan. The Armenian majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede
from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic
of Nagorno-Karabakh. Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan,
erupted in the late winter of 1992.
International mediation by several groups including Europe's OSCE's
failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with. In
the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the
enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994, the Armenians
were in full control of most of the enclave and also held and
currently control seven regions beyond the administrative borders
of Nagorno-Karabakh. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in
May 1994 and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have
been held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/neither_armenia_russia_nor_csto_interested_in_resu mption_of_hostilities_in_nagorno_karabakh_expert_s/#sthash.XPs6vfPz.dpuf
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress