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BORDERING ON WAR: RUSSIA REACTS TO DEADLY SKIRMISHES IN ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT ZONE
Karabakh | 06.02.15 | 15:41
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenia's politico-military and economic ally, Russia, has finally
expressed its concern regarding the "serious" situation around
Nagorno-Karabakh calling for de-escalation of tensions.
Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Alexander Lukashevich,
at a news briefing in Moscow on Thursday, spoke about the increase of
ceasefire regime violations in the conflict zone, frequent clashes
and sabotage, expressing his concern about "serious deterioration"
of the Nagorno-Karabakh situation and urging the parties to the
conflict to deescalate tensions.
Border tensions proceeded against the backdrop of a visit to Yerevan
by Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha and Head of Russia's Federal Migration Service
Konstantin Ramadanovski. They came to Armenia to participate in the
CSTO Coordinating Council meeting of heads of competent bodies on
the fight against illegal migration.
It is noteworthy that Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan
had a meeting with the American, French and Russian co-chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group in Munich, Germany, on Thursday during which they
continued discussions over the process of peaceful resolution of the
Karabakh conflict.
Russian reactions make many believe that border tension might subside,
considering the fact that the August tensions were deescalated after
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents' meeting hosted by Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Political analyst, Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute deputy director
Sergey Minasyan told ArmeniaNow that the Russian factor is always
existent and influential.
"It is obvious that the Russian factor is in some way considered,
the Russian factor takes different shapes - the Russian military base
in Armenia, Armenia-Russia strategic and technical cooperation, and
the other aspect of it is the fact that Russia is one of Azerbaijan's
military-technical partners," the political analyst said.
However, Minasyan sees no immediate solution to the current tense
situation.
"I think that the same tension of this last decade, i.e. the tension
of cyclic nature, will exist, however, on a bit higher level, because
the sides use small caliber mortars, more units take part, but on
the other hand, I do not see the prospect of renewed large-scale
hostilities," Minasyan said.
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/60428/armenia_border_situation_karabakh_azerbaijan
From: A. Papazian
Karabakh | 06.02.15 | 15:41
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenia's politico-military and economic ally, Russia, has finally
expressed its concern regarding the "serious" situation around
Nagorno-Karabakh calling for de-escalation of tensions.
Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Alexander Lukashevich,
at a news briefing in Moscow on Thursday, spoke about the increase of
ceasefire regime violations in the conflict zone, frequent clashes
and sabotage, expressing his concern about "serious deterioration"
of the Nagorno-Karabakh situation and urging the parties to the
conflict to deescalate tensions.
Border tensions proceeded against the backdrop of a visit to Yerevan
by Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha and Head of Russia's Federal Migration Service
Konstantin Ramadanovski. They came to Armenia to participate in the
CSTO Coordinating Council meeting of heads of competent bodies on
the fight against illegal migration.
It is noteworthy that Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan
had a meeting with the American, French and Russian co-chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group in Munich, Germany, on Thursday during which they
continued discussions over the process of peaceful resolution of the
Karabakh conflict.
Russian reactions make many believe that border tension might subside,
considering the fact that the August tensions were deescalated after
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents' meeting hosted by Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Political analyst, Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute deputy director
Sergey Minasyan told ArmeniaNow that the Russian factor is always
existent and influential.
"It is obvious that the Russian factor is in some way considered,
the Russian factor takes different shapes - the Russian military base
in Armenia, Armenia-Russia strategic and technical cooperation, and
the other aspect of it is the fact that Russia is one of Azerbaijan's
military-technical partners," the political analyst said.
However, Minasyan sees no immediate solution to the current tense
situation.
"I think that the same tension of this last decade, i.e. the tension
of cyclic nature, will exist, however, on a bit higher level, because
the sides use small caliber mortars, more units take part, but on
the other hand, I do not see the prospect of renewed large-scale
hostilities," Minasyan said.
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/60428/armenia_border_situation_karabakh_azerbaijan
From: A. Papazian