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IF AZERBAIJAN DECIDES DESTROYING ARMENIAN PLANES, IT WILL BE INTERNATIONALLY ISOLATED - RUSSIAN ANALYST
March 01, 2013 | 02:14
If Azerbaijan decides to destroy Armenian aircrafts, it will find
itself under a partial international isolation, historian Ivan Sukhov
told Vesti.Az.
"Even if Azerbaijan were to hit but one plane, this would escalate
the [Nagorno-]Karabakh conflict, where Russia might not openly assist
Armenia, but it definitely will not assist the Azerbaijani party.
Russia could even carry out combat operations in the north of
Azerbaijan, arguing, for example, that Azerbaijani terrorists are
infiltrating into Dagestan," Sukhov noted.
And with respect to a query as to whether the West might guarantee
to Azerbaijan the return of its lands if it decides to assist the
West in a war against Iran, Ivan Sukhov responded as follows:
"If such war were to start, it would destabilize the situation in
the South Caucasus in catastrophic fashion. The West would hardly
be capable of guaranteeing the return of Karabakh and the adjacent
territories [to Azerbaijan] because it has its interests in Armenia.
"Theoretically, Turkey could have been a guarantor for the return
of the territories, but neither Russia nor the EU nor the US would
wish for already-strengthening Turkey to further strengthen. I fear
that should Azerbaijan assist the West, it would face the threat
of collapse."
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142454.html#sthash.QcMnkDWh.dpuf
March 01, 2013 | 02:14
If Azerbaijan decides to destroy Armenian aircrafts, it will find
itself under a partial international isolation, historian Ivan Sukhov
told Vesti.Az.
"Even if Azerbaijan were to hit but one plane, this would escalate
the [Nagorno-]Karabakh conflict, where Russia might not openly assist
Armenia, but it definitely will not assist the Azerbaijani party.
Russia could even carry out combat operations in the north of
Azerbaijan, arguing, for example, that Azerbaijani terrorists are
infiltrating into Dagestan," Sukhov noted.
And with respect to a query as to whether the West might guarantee
to Azerbaijan the return of its lands if it decides to assist the
West in a war against Iran, Ivan Sukhov responded as follows:
"If such war were to start, it would destabilize the situation in
the South Caucasus in catastrophic fashion. The West would hardly
be capable of guaranteeing the return of Karabakh and the adjacent
territories [to Azerbaijan] because it has its interests in Armenia.
"Theoretically, Turkey could have been a guarantor for the return
of the territories, but neither Russia nor the EU nor the US would
wish for already-strengthening Turkey to further strengthen. I fear
that should Azerbaijan assist the West, it would face the threat
of collapse."
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142454.html#sthash.QcMnkDWh.dpuf