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    ALEX JACKSON: TENSION ON CONTACT LINE MAY BE DUE TO DESIRE OF NEW DEFENSE MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN ESTABLISHING IN THE OFFICE

    18:07 28/01/2014 >> REGION

    "New Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov is not a military man,
    however, tends to prove his compliance to the new post," said Alex
    Jackson, an independent expert on Caspian regional issues, editor of
    Caucasian Review of International Affairs.

    The upsurge in violence is most likely connected with the Paris talks
    held between Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs, Jackson believes. However
    it is not the only possible reason.

    According to him this could be related to the recent personnel
    turnovers in the Azerbaijani military leadership. The expert noted
    that Zakir Hasanov is not a military man; he's an internal affairs
    apparatchik.

    "Perhaps demonstrating the armed forces' combat readiness is a good
    way to prove his credentials to Aliyev," the expert notes.

    Besides, he doesn't have sufficient control yet over the armed
    forces, and frontline commanders are escalating things beyond their
    authorization.

    Source: Panorama.am

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