Azerbaijan will lose more of its lands in case of new war in Karabakh, expert saysMay 16, 2011 - 16:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The president of Far Centre, the centre for political and economic studies, former ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia presented his vision of the development of events in case of a new war in Karabakh. ''Should Azeri authorities start a new war in Karabakh, the events will probably follow 2008 Russian-Georgian war scenario. Russia will interfere at once, with planes without distinguishing signs flying all over us. Azerbaijan will lose even more lands, TNs, ets. However, I do not see this happening,'' Hikmet Hajizadeh stated. As he noted, increased incidents of ceasefire violation is part of Azeri strategy. ''An actual war would become a tragedy to Baku,'' he remarked. ''The probability of Moscow's supporting Armenia's passing some of territories over to Azerbaijan is inexistent. Perhaps, western mediators pressured Yerevan into ceding territories; still, Moscow has never attempted it. As far as I know, Moscow has always forbidden Armenia to make such steps,'' newcaucasus.com cited the expert as saying. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |