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ANALYSIS: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS CONTINUE UNABATED DESPITE OSCE CALLS FOR FRESH PEACE TALKS ON KARABAKH
ANALYSIS | 06.06.14 | 12:39
By NAIRA HAYRUMYAN
ArmeniaNow correspondent
Azerbaijan continues to shell the positions of Armenian forces along
the entire perimeter of the border. In one such heavy shelling on June
5 two Armenian servicemen were killed at the border with Nakhichevan
in Armenia's Ararat province.
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, was invited to the Armenian Ministry of Defense
on Thursday in connection with the incident.
The incident happened one day after the visit to Armenia by Swiss
Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
who was also in Baku as part of his regional tour. During his meeting
with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan Burkhalter
expressed his regret over the fact that "so far it was not possible
to realize the mediators' proposal on the establishment of a mechanism
to investigate incidents on the Line of Contact".
Meanwhile, the OSCE chairman-in-office also met with Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan, and after that meeting NKR
Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan stated that Nagorno-Karabakh has
supported and will continue to support measures to reduce tensions
on the border.
The Armenian Defense Ministry described the incident at the border on
June 5 as disregard by Azerbaijan of efforts of the mediators and any
initiatives by the international community. And the initiatives are
as follows: Burkhalter suggested that the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan hold a new meeting to discuss some proposals on a Karabakh
settlement. Earlier, France's ambassador to Azerbaijan said that during
his visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan, French President Francois Hollande
made new proposals to the president and expressed his willingness to
host a fresh round of Armenian-Azerbaijani summit talks on Karabakh.
It is not known what proposals are in question, but it is obvious
that Azerbaijan is torpedoing the initiative of France and the United
States. Against this background there is a continuing "flirting"
between Moscow and Baku, which includes both military-technical
cooperation and the restoration of ties recently damaged by
Azerbaijan's bias towards the West. Announcing the upcoming visit to
Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, special representative
of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich described the
relations between Russia and Azerbaijan as strategic.
Tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are not connected with
visits of top officials to Nagorno-Karabakh or Armenia's joining the
Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, said Armenian Prime
Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. "While the actual reasons are unknown,
there are different interpretations, and now details of the [latest]
incident are being established," he said.
However, experts argue that the incentive for Azerbaijan's activation
is the support of Russia, which is trying to blackmail both Armenia
and Azerbaijan and involve both states in the Eurasian Union. Russia
sells offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, and as is known, any weapon,
if charged, will fire one day.
ANALYSIS | 06.06.14 | 12:39
By NAIRA HAYRUMYAN
ArmeniaNow correspondent
Azerbaijan continues to shell the positions of Armenian forces along
the entire perimeter of the border. In one such heavy shelling on June
5 two Armenian servicemen were killed at the border with Nakhichevan
in Armenia's Ararat province.
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, was invited to the Armenian Ministry of Defense
on Thursday in connection with the incident.
The incident happened one day after the visit to Armenia by Swiss
Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
who was also in Baku as part of his regional tour. During his meeting
with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan Burkhalter
expressed his regret over the fact that "so far it was not possible
to realize the mediators' proposal on the establishment of a mechanism
to investigate incidents on the Line of Contact".
Meanwhile, the OSCE chairman-in-office also met with Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan, and after that meeting NKR
Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan stated that Nagorno-Karabakh has
supported and will continue to support measures to reduce tensions
on the border.
The Armenian Defense Ministry described the incident at the border on
June 5 as disregard by Azerbaijan of efforts of the mediators and any
initiatives by the international community. And the initiatives are
as follows: Burkhalter suggested that the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan hold a new meeting to discuss some proposals on a Karabakh
settlement. Earlier, France's ambassador to Azerbaijan said that during
his visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan, French President Francois Hollande
made new proposals to the president and expressed his willingness to
host a fresh round of Armenian-Azerbaijani summit talks on Karabakh.
It is not known what proposals are in question, but it is obvious
that Azerbaijan is torpedoing the initiative of France and the United
States. Against this background there is a continuing "flirting"
between Moscow and Baku, which includes both military-technical
cooperation and the restoration of ties recently damaged by
Azerbaijan's bias towards the West. Announcing the upcoming visit to
Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, special representative
of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich described the
relations between Russia and Azerbaijan as strategic.
Tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are not connected with
visits of top officials to Nagorno-Karabakh or Armenia's joining the
Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, said Armenian Prime
Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. "While the actual reasons are unknown,
there are different interpretations, and now details of the [latest]
incident are being established," he said.
However, experts argue that the incentive for Azerbaijan's activation
is the support of Russia, which is trying to blackmail both Armenia
and Azerbaijan and involve both states in the Eurasian Union. Russia
sells offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, and as is known, any weapon,
if charged, will fire one day.