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AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV THREATENS WAR WITH ARMENIA IN TWITTER RANT
Yahoo News
Aug 8 2014
By Gianluca Mezzofiore | IB Times
The president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has threatened to resume
war against the Armenian "barbarians and vandals" over the disputed
enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh through a long Twitter rant.
The worst clashes in years in the 4,400-km sq of disputed territory
located within Azerbaijan's current borders left at least 15 soldiers
dead in recent days.
The neighbouring countries fought a full-fledged war over the enclave
after the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s that caused at least
30,000 deaths over six years. A ceasefire brokered by Russia in 1994
put an end to hostilities but international attempts to revive the
peace process have failed since then.
Nagorno-Karabakh has maintained de facto autonomy. Azerbaijan keeps
claiming the land as its own, and considers it an occupied territory,
stressing that the self-declared government lacks international
recognition.
Employing his utmost belligerent rhetoric, Aliyev declared that "just
as we have beaten the Armenians on the political and economic fronts,
we are able to defeat them on the battlefield".
Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart, president Serzh Sargsyan,
are due to meet in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss
a settlement.
Russia said on its website: "We see the events of recent days as a
serious violation of agreements on a ceasefire and declared intentions
to achieve a regulation through political means.
"We take the position that any further escalation is unacceptable."
The US expressed "concern" about the escalation of violence and
remarked that the ceasefire "needs to be respected".
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/azerbaijans-president-ilham-aliyev-threatens-war-armenia-twitter-142342113.html#feilGv5
Yahoo News
Aug 8 2014
By Gianluca Mezzofiore | IB Times
The president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has threatened to resume
war against the Armenian "barbarians and vandals" over the disputed
enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh through a long Twitter rant.
The worst clashes in years in the 4,400-km sq of disputed territory
located within Azerbaijan's current borders left at least 15 soldiers
dead in recent days.
The neighbouring countries fought a full-fledged war over the enclave
after the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s that caused at least
30,000 deaths over six years. A ceasefire brokered by Russia in 1994
put an end to hostilities but international attempts to revive the
peace process have failed since then.
Nagorno-Karabakh has maintained de facto autonomy. Azerbaijan keeps
claiming the land as its own, and considers it an occupied territory,
stressing that the self-declared government lacks international
recognition.
Employing his utmost belligerent rhetoric, Aliyev declared that "just
as we have beaten the Armenians on the political and economic fronts,
we are able to defeat them on the battlefield".
Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart, president Serzh Sargsyan,
are due to meet in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss
a settlement.
Russia said on its website: "We see the events of recent days as a
serious violation of agreements on a ceasefire and declared intentions
to achieve a regulation through political means.
"We take the position that any further escalation is unacceptable."
The US expressed "concern" about the escalation of violence and
remarked that the ceasefire "needs to be respected".
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/azerbaijans-president-ilham-aliyev-threatens-war-armenia-twitter-142342113.html#feilGv5