REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF CEASEFIRE EVIDENCE OF AZERBAIJAN’S HOSTILE ATTITUDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2010 15:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Serious progress in Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict
is not to be expected in immediate future, according to Kiro Manoyan,
director of ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office.

"Baku’s persisting with current position on Karabakh can lead to
either of two scenarios: Azerbaijan’s gaining its end in a peaceful
settlement or unleashing a war," he stated at a news conference in
Yerevan on Friday.

As Mr. Manoyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Armenia is not the
only country Baku’s militaristic statements are addressed to. Baku
aims to warn Ankara about the possibility of renewed hostilities on
the line of contact with NKR armed forces in case of Turkey’s opening
the border with Armenia. "Repeated violations of the ceasefire are
the evidence of Azerbaijan’s hostile attitude," he said. "Azerbaijan
behaves like a pouty child, flaunting a dangerous weapon."

In conclusion, Mr. Manoyan urged vigilance, avoiding, though, excessive
panic Azeri statements may cause.

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in
1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the
final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from
1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, NKR and
Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan
around it (the security zone) remain under the control of NKR defense
army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the
OSCE Minsk Group up till now.