Baku will continue border attacks as method of blackmail– expertJune 18, 2012 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Shelling and attacks at the contact line will continue until Azerbaijan realizes the kernel, Caucasus Institute director said. Alexander Iskandaryan dubbed the border incidents as method of Azeri blackmail. “Even Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov accepted that Karabakh status quo would become conceivable to all if the shelling discontinues,” the political analyst said. The expert stressed war rhetoric and contact line attacks as the two methods of Azeri blackmail. According to Mr. Iskandaryan, Azerbaijan has no intention to wage war. “Risks are great, with no rational needs. Whereas, the country possesses the rational needs and takes no big risks, continuing the attacks,” he said. The political analyst stressed the mediators’ inability to exert pressure on Baku, considering Azerbaijan’s oil reserves, its role in transportation of energy resources and the Iranian issue. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |