Stepanakert-Yerevan road of interstate strategic importance is partially in poor condition. The issue has become rather urgent from early April war, however, its settlement seems to be postponed.
Just a month ago likewise statement by any representative of Armenia’s authorities would be impossible. It was enough to speak of Armenia’s membership to CSTO, and any official would explain, ground and convince for hours, what an exclusive and irreplaceable security system CSTO is.
“It’s a complicated topic, and I wouldn’t like to politicize it, it’s an economic issue for producers as well. Whether we want or not, Turkey is the biggest and flexible raw cotton supplier in the region, which we can’t ignore. “
Despite that the ceasefire agreement was mainly maintained in the line of contact between KarabakhAzerbaijani opposing forces on the night of May 1 and throughout the morning of May 2, however, there are gatherings and active movements of the Azerbaijani armed forces in various directions of the frontline.
“On account of the fact, that parallel to sharpening of the Cyprus issue, Turkish nationalists were attacking Greek stores and churches, accordingly, it’s possible, that in case of sharpening, Turks will do the same, like they did against the Armenians and Greeks in Constantinople, that threat is existent. Look to the history, and the past will show, that Turks are able to and performed likewise acts. “
Generally, boycott out of political reasons isn’t a good thing. And tough banning is not correct. One shouldn’t be banned to buy a product of any country or having a vacation by law. Or even if it’s done, the citizen should be somehow compensated for that.
In my opinion, rather tense and worrying situation will be recorded in the conflict zone. This means, the sides will be on the threshold of clashes. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that the border won’t to be traversed, as tensions seem rather possible.
The Armenians were the victims of a major genocide 100 years ago that has even been called the “Armenian Shoah” by some Israeli scholars, including from Bar Ilan University. A great deal of their national and cultural ethos continues to focus passionately on the memory of that genocide (does that sound familiar to us Jews?).
NKR Defense Ministry shares the huge grieve of the loss and expresses solidarity with the family members, relatives and co-servicemen of the killed soldiers. NKR Defense Ministry announces that the activities of the adversary will not remain un-responded, while the Azerbaijani side will bear the responsibility for their consequences.
Russia preaches peace whilst flooding the region with its most sophisticated armaments; it wants international support for its peace efforts but does not want others to be part of the future solution. It wants to work in partnership, whilst trying to exclude everybody else from the region. These Russian contradictions also reflect themselves in the way that Russia deals with Armenia and Azerbaijan.
