Expert: Azerbaijan’s statements on Karabakh are nothing but word jugglingSeptember 7, 2011 - 19:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan’s political expert Elman Nasirli’s statements on legal grounds for unlashing warfare against Karabakh are the next manifestation of propagandistic warfare. Russian political expert Andrey Areshev told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that such statements undermine the already ailing relationships in the region. Areshev considers Azerbaijan’s statements on urging Armenia to peace through mediators as weird, “as Azerbaijan knows the reason of Kazan meeting failure.” The expert also stressed the nonconstructivity of such an approach in a conflict settlement. “The more of such statements the less possibility of reaching peaceful resolution of conflict,” according to the expert. As to Nasirli’s statement on legal grounds for warfare, particularly the UNO Charter’s 51st article, Areshev emphasized that the Charter must be viewed as a set and not be subjected to fragmentary citing. “It is word juggling,” he added. The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |