(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Qabil Ashirov read more The South Caucasus has been living one of its most active days
recently. The visit of Aide to Russian President Igor Levitin and
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Azerbaijan, as well as
the statement of the Iranian official on reopening of the embassy
amid the Turkish President's visit in Azerbaijan, can be
interpreted according to very important points.
Today, at a time when the National Salvation Day is being
celebrated in Azerbaijan, and on the eve of Pakistan's Prime
Minister Shebaz Sharif's official visit to Baku, Armenian armed
groups' firing at the positions of the Azerbaijan Army and the
border checkpoint in Lachin in order to destabilize the situation,
and most importantly injuring one of our soldiers at the Lachin BCP
cannot be considered a coincidence.
At the same time, very hot processes continue inside Armenia.
Thus, in an interview with foreign news outlets, the Armenian
opposition emphasized that they would do everything to halt
Pashinyan, at the same time, France voiced a groundless statement
against Azerbaijan over the Lachin-Khankendi road.
As a result, the question arises, what are the reasons behind
all the happenings? Or is it possible that the events have any
connection with each other?
In a comment for Azernews on the issue, military expert and
political analyst Alparslan Imamgulu noted that today, the sides
and alliances are being defined in the region, and it causes
irritation to some forces.
“The defining of Azerbaijan's allies was mainly determined after
Azerbaijan's Patriotic War. Turkiye and Pakistan can be mentioned
among these allies. Finding new allies and strengthening relations
with them is important in this regard. There are even states that
want to be an obstacle to this,” the expert said.
He noted that a proxy war is ongoing in the region, and Armenia
is a tool and is used as a leverage by other countries, including
Russia.
“As it can be seen that the state of Azerbaijan has repeatedly
issued warnings and remarks to Armenia, official Yerevan does not
want to draw conclusions from it. In such a case, Armenia loses its
status as a sovereign state. This step of Armenia once again shows
that it does not have an independent political position and is used
as an instrument in the hands of the West and Russia for various
purposes."
As for the position of the Armenian opposition, and provocations
by opposition groups within the Armenian Army, he noted that there
are several factions not only in Armenian Army but also in Armenian
authority. The strongest of these factions are pro-Russians, said
the expert.
“I do not rule out that there some forces in Russia behind this
provocation. Whether it be Azerbaijan's conventional state border
with Armenia or the situation in Karabakh. Since Russia does not
want to withdraw its troops from the South Caucasus, pro-Russian
forces try to obstruct every step taken for peace. If this
provocation is happening on the conventional border, it proves that
the Armenian army is still under the influence of those forces.
Because the population of Armenia has been in a desperate situation
for 2 years. On the one hand, Pashinyan's foreign policy orients to
the West, on the other hand, a number of political wings of Armenia
are in favor of Russia. i have no doubt that pro-Russian forces are
making such provocations to change the direction of Armenia's
political vector,” he added.
He also pointed out that Russian press information, Russian
media outlets, and the contents of their programs pamper Armenia by
backing them.
“Today, if we follow some press information in Russian media, we
will see that we are pointed as perpetrators of provocations. Even
some media organizations, in addition to spreading biased
information, also present Armenian territories as their territories
on behalf of Russia. Allegedly, the Russian state is always with
Armenia. This is indeed a comprehensive and deliberate provocation
that some forces want to carry out,” Alparslan said.
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Qabil Ashirov is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow him on
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