“Azerbaijani authorities have already become a hostage in the hands of their population. For the love of God, who do we deal with?—With the society playing with the head of beheaded soldier and authorities awarding them.”
“No country recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh,” he said. “We continue to urge the sides to come to the negotiating table in good faith in order to reach a lasting settlement.”
“Any victory can’t be conditioned by the factor of armaments only, human factor is existent as well. Which they completely lack. They lack specialists, they aren’t able to productively handle armaments.”
Azerbaijani forces continued violating the ceasefire agreement by firing various caliber weapons, 60mm and 82mm mortars, RPG-7 and AGS-17 grenade launchers.
Given the massive arsenals of weaponry both sides now possess, new fighting could easily escalate into an all-out conflict far more destructive than the 1991-94 war. Baku and Yerevan could invoke their military assistance treaties with Turkey and Russia respectively. Neither wants to get involved, but would be under big pressure to honor their commitments in the region.
The April war brought sharp change of game rules, created totally new situation, where there is no any factor or mechanism for deterrence. The legend, that the international community won’t allow resumption of conflict, has vanished.
The United States, Europe, and their partners must officially recognize the Mountainous Karabagh Republic within its constitutional frontiers.
Overnight May 5-6 the situation did not change in the Karabakh-Azerbaijani line of contact. Azerbaijani forces continued violating ceasefire agreement in line of contact by firing various caliber weapons, 82mm mortars and anti-tank grenade launcher (RPG-7).
Currently, for everyone, including for various representatives of the authorities it’s obvious, that corruption is a big threat for Armenia and NKR, it also refers corruption in the military field, as situation unleashed in April uncovered all the shortcomings existent in the military field.
“Azerbaijan has already started complaining to international organizations. Yesterday Azerbaijani Defense Minister officially reflected to it, stating that, basically, Armenia eliminates Minsk mandate.
