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THE SUNDAY TIMES: BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES CARRIED OUT SECRET TRAININGS IN AZERBAIJAN
19:21 21/10/2013 " SOCIETY
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office paid for the SAS to train
Azerbaijan's special forces in an effort to gain influence with the
hardline ex-Soviet regime, the British Sunday Times writes.
According to a leaked document seen by The Sunday Times, members of
the UK's elite fighting force taught their counterparts sniper skills
and how to storm buildings as part of a six-week training mission.
"The paper says one of the aims of the deployment in 2006 - codenamed
Operation Lanark - was to "enhance" the FCO's standing in the central
Asian republic," the article reads.
The article notes that western politicians have long been keen to
court Azerbaijan and Ilham Aliyev, its president, because of the vast
oil and gas reserves beneath the Caspian Sea.
"But human rights groups have accused Aliyev's government of seeking
to silence opposition by arresting and imprisoning dozens of political
activists on bogus charges," The Sunday Times reports.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/10/21/sunday-times/
From: Baghdasarian
19:21 21/10/2013 " SOCIETY
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office paid for the SAS to train
Azerbaijan's special forces in an effort to gain influence with the
hardline ex-Soviet regime, the British Sunday Times writes.
According to a leaked document seen by The Sunday Times, members of
the UK's elite fighting force taught their counterparts sniper skills
and how to storm buildings as part of a six-week training mission.
"The paper says one of the aims of the deployment in 2006 - codenamed
Operation Lanark - was to "enhance" the FCO's standing in the central
Asian republic," the article reads.
The article notes that western politicians have long been keen to
court Azerbaijan and Ilham Aliyev, its president, because of the vast
oil and gas reserves beneath the Caspian Sea.
"But human rights groups have accused Aliyev's government of seeking
to silence opposition by arresting and imprisoning dozens of political
activists on bogus charges," The Sunday Times reports.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/10/21/sunday-times/
From: Baghdasarian