AFTER AUGUST WAR IN GEORGIA AZERBAIJAN UNLIKELY TO UNLEASH NEW WAR AGAINST NAGORNY KARABAKH: LOCAL EXPERT
ArmInfo
2009-04-01 16:52:00
ArmInfo. ‘After August War in Georgia Azerbaijan is unlikely to
unleash new war against Nagorny Karabakh Republic without consent of
the super powers having interests in the South Caucasus: the USA,
Turkey, France, Great Britain’, Karapet Kalenchyan, Administrative
Officer of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies
(ACNIS) told media Wednesday.
‘In this context, Iran should not be ignored. Even if Azerbaijan
enlists the support of the above states, which is practically
impossible, Baku will have to think well before attacking the Armenian
republics reckoning with the grave experience of Georgia’, he said.
Kalenchyan said that once Saakashvili enlisted the US support to
launch military actions against South Ossetia. Developments in the
region show that both the USA and Russia sacrificed Georgia like a
passed pawn to strengthen their positions in the region.
‘These states may easily sacrifice also the interests of Armenia
in future.
So, Armenia should wage more competent, clear and unambiguous policy
asserting national interests. It is possible only when the country’s
leadership relies on own people not seeking support from outside,
which is never disinterested’, Kalenchyan said.