Richard Giragosian: war in Karabakh to burst out unexpectedlySeptember 27, 2010 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new war in Karabakh conflict zone will burst out unexpectedly, according to an Armenian expert. Richard Giragosian, director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), said that Baku will not declare war and hostilities will start with a regular incident at the line of contact. He predicted that Azerbaijan will lose this war, like Georgia did in August 2008. Commenting on the reaction of the OSCE Minsk Group to the recent armed incidents, Giragosian said Azerbaijan doesn’t eye the internationals mediators as a threat. “Currently, the MG mediators are exerting efforts for ceasefire maintenance,” he said. 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 | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. |