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THE MIRROR IMAGE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Transitions online, Czech Rep.
Oct 10 2013
At the top, the rhetoric over the disputed territory is increasingly
bellicose, but among the region's people, it hits a proud and
mournful note.
by Bulgarian National Television 10 October 2013
Reports of violence between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are on
the rise and the rhetoric flying back and forth between the two foes
is heating up.
Locked in a frequently broken cease-fire since their war over
Nagorno-Karabakh ended in 1994, both countries have beefed up
their armed forces, and a resumption of fighting seems to have
re-entered their calculus, the International Crisis Group noted
in a late-September report. Azerbaijan entertains military options
for pushing back Armenia - which not only uses its army to defend
Nagorno-Karabakh but also occupies Azerbaijani regions surrounding the
enclave - and forcing Yerevan to make a deal, while Armenia considers
a strike to preempt any move by Baku.
Meanwhile diplomacy is going nowhere. Efforts to bring the two sides to
the table are sporadic and likely undermined by Russia's multiple roles
as official mediator, ally of Armenia, and arms merchant to both sides.
In this environment, the ICG warned, the risks of a "military
miscalculation" are increasing.
http://www.tol.org/client/article/23986-the-mirror-image-of-nagorno-karabakh.html
Many who live in Nagorno-Karabakh are proud and nationalistic, in
the way that living in a defensive crouch can make a person, while
the Azeris who were driven out speak longingly of abandoned homes
and past lives.
The older people remember their neighbors, whether Azeris or Armenians,
fondly and still seem shocked that they took up arms against one
another. But they can never again live side-by-side, many say.
Here TOL presents a recent documentary from Bulgarian
National Television on what many call the "frozen conflict" of
Nagorno-Karabakh. It was reported in part by TOL columnist and BNT
producer Boyko Vasilev.
From: Baghdasarian
Transitions online, Czech Rep.
Oct 10 2013
At the top, the rhetoric over the disputed territory is increasingly
bellicose, but among the region's people, it hits a proud and
mournful note.
by Bulgarian National Television 10 October 2013
Reports of violence between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are on
the rise and the rhetoric flying back and forth between the two foes
is heating up.
Locked in a frequently broken cease-fire since their war over
Nagorno-Karabakh ended in 1994, both countries have beefed up
their armed forces, and a resumption of fighting seems to have
re-entered their calculus, the International Crisis Group noted
in a late-September report. Azerbaijan entertains military options
for pushing back Armenia - which not only uses its army to defend
Nagorno-Karabakh but also occupies Azerbaijani regions surrounding the
enclave - and forcing Yerevan to make a deal, while Armenia considers
a strike to preempt any move by Baku.
Meanwhile diplomacy is going nowhere. Efforts to bring the two sides to
the table are sporadic and likely undermined by Russia's multiple roles
as official mediator, ally of Armenia, and arms merchant to both sides.
In this environment, the ICG warned, the risks of a "military
miscalculation" are increasing.
http://www.tol.org/client/article/23986-the-mirror-image-of-nagorno-karabakh.html
Many who live in Nagorno-Karabakh are proud and nationalistic, in
the way that living in a defensive crouch can make a person, while
the Azeris who were driven out speak longingly of abandoned homes
and past lives.
The older people remember their neighbors, whether Azeris or Armenians,
fondly and still seem shocked that they took up arms against one
another. But they can never again live side-by-side, many say.
Here TOL presents a recent documentary from Bulgarian
National Television on what many call the "frozen conflict" of
Nagorno-Karabakh. It was reported in part by TOL columnist and BNT
producer Boyko Vasilev.
From: Baghdasarian