NATO not interested in armed confrontation for the sake of Azerbaijan's unsatisfied territorial ambitions

PanARMENIAN.Net - "I don't think deployment of Turkish troops in Nakhichevan will be possible in the near future, since it will transform a local conflict into global war. Modern Turkey is not an independent military state. It's bound by commitments with NATO," political scientist Levon Melik Shahnazaryan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net



"I do not think that NATO is interested in an armed confrontation for the sake of Azerbaijan's unsatisfied territorial ambitions," he added.



"Azerbaijan is dreaming to be carried back to the times when all domestic and foreign tasks were settled under Turkey's supervision. CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha furnished a worthy comment on the issue. When asked about current threats, Mr Bordyuzha said, "These are militant statements by representatives of various countries to resolve the so-called frozen conflicts by use of force. It refers to escalation of military activities, boost of defense budget and personnel number in Georgia and Azerbaijan."



However, our history records that in 1918 the Turkish army led by Nuri intervened in the Caucasus. As result, the Azerbaijani Republic was formed. At that time Turkish ascetics and recruits from Caucasian Tatars (future Azeris) slaughtered not only Armenian peasants but also Russian soldiers who were returning to Russia from the Caucasian front. Over 3 thousand Russian soldiers were killed in Shamkhor. Massacre of Russian soldiers took place in Ghazakh, Gyandja and even in Baku suburbs - Baladjary and Surakhany. Simply, Azerbaijan had high hopes for Turkey then. Presently, it worships the United States and NATO," he said.



The other day Azeri political scientist Vafa Guluzade said "Azerbaijan had better deploy a couple of divisions in Nakhichevan and aim them at Yerevan and Russian bases in Armenia."

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