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    UNPROTECTED REAR OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES

    Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
    Comments - Friday, 20 June 2014, 15:30

    On June 20 information was disseminated that the minister of defense
    Seiran Ohanyan visited the border area. Namely, according to razm.info,
    the minister visited the new Armenian positions at the border of
    Nakhidjevan.

    The message says that the Armenian armed forces have taken under
    control 100 square kilometers at the border with Nakhidjevan. In
    addition, according to earlier non-official information, the Armenian
    troops took the territory under control without a single shot, through
    a simple maneuver after which the Azerbaijanis simply retreated.

    While the informal sources of Armenia inform this, the sad news came
    about another Armenian victim at one of the military bases of one of
    the military units of Ararat.

    In fact, this is the next victim of the Armenian side in the direction
    of Nakhidjevan where it is usually peaceful. Peace there was disturbed
    a few days ago, in early June when an incident was reported which
    killed two Armenian soldiers.

    The Armenian MoD responded toughly to this. The personal representative
    of the OSCE CiO Andrzej Kasprzyk was invited to the MoD and was urged
    to take measures to restore stability. And the minister of defense
    of Armenia announced that it is no secret that Nakhidjevan has an
    army and there is Turkish presence there.

    In fact, it was a hint that Turkey was involved in the incident. By
    the way, the incident coincided with the summit of Turkic nations in
    the Turkish city of Bodrum.

    A few days later the Russian Regnum reported referring to some
    Azerbaijani mass media that the Armenian armed forces launched a
    counterattack in the direction of Lakadagh village of Nakhidjevan,
    and there was a battle there. The information of the Azerbaijani mass
    media was refuted but it left a residue, as the saying is. And recently
    some non-official Armenian sources informed that the Armenian armed
    forces have occupied some positions in the direction of Nakhidjevan
    earlier viewed as neutral area without a single shot after which the
    Azerbaijanis had to leave the adjacent positions.

    This information became known along with Sergey Lavrov's visit to
    Baku. And on June 22 and 23 Lavrov will visit Yerevan. Earlier on
    June 12 the Russian ambassador to Armenia announced that he had not
    heard anything about the incident in Nakhidjevan.

    In an interview on the Public Television on June 17 President Serzh
    Sargsyan commented on the developments in Nakhidjevan. He said he does
    not think "we are witnessing a new tactics [by Azerbaijan]." Serzh
    Sargsyan announced that he believes the processes that existed for
    many years are intensifying, and Azerbaijan keeps tension on the
    border to demonstrate to the world that the war is not over, and if
    the negotiations fail, resumption of military actions is inevitable.

    Although Serzh Sargsyan has announced that he cannot see anything
    new happening, it is, nevertheless, a fact that the Armenian armed
    forces already have three victims on the border with Nakhidjevan
    which was believed to be peaceful so far. Besides, the Armenian side
    has achieved a significant change of border positions in favor of the
    Armenian side, and the Armenian side is announcing about this change
    at the level of a visit by the minister of defense.

    Isn't this something new? By the way, is it not accidental that the
    Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister announced that Russia must help
    Azerbaijan with the settlement of Artsakh, in which case Moscow will
    benefit a lot?

    Were Azerbaijan's statements determined by loss of positions in
    Nakhidjevan? And is the advancement of the Armenian armed forces in
    the direction of Nakhidjevan a means of pressure on Baku to show
    that Azerbaijan may have losses if it declines Moscow's political
    strategy and plan the most significant of which is Baku's membership
    to the Eurasian Union or agreement on the "roadmap" of deployment of
    Russian troops in Artsakh.

    The Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact has become a "double
    containment" tool for Moscow which is used upon necessity, such
    as against Yerevan before September 3 and against Baku for another
    September 3.

    Armenian troops pay for Moscow's political strategy with their lives
    because the Armenian "political thought" has surrendered to Moscow,
    leaving the rear of the Armenian armed forces unprotected.

    - See more at:
    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32621#sthash.Kx51xFaG.dpuf

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