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| Azerbaijan warns of war with Armenia |
| 2007-11-28 |
| Azerbaijan’s defence minister said Tuesday that the long-standing dispute over the Armenian-controlled territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is almost certain to eventually spark a new war if it remains unresolved. Safar Abiyev’s remark was a startling worded repetition of warnings from Azerbaijani officials that they have not ruled out the use of force to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas if internationally mediated settlement efforts fail. “As long as Azerbaijani territory is occupied by Armenia, the chance of war is close to 100 percent,” Abiyev said during a meeting in Kazakhstan of defence chiefs from former Soviet republics. Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding territory that is also part of Azerbaijan have been controlled by Armenian and ethnic Armenian forces since a shaky 1994 cease-fire ended one of the bloodiest conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 REALCLEARPOLITICS > RUSSIA'S OIL-DRIVEN ECONOMY [aka MOSCOW:OIL TOWN], Provides insights-hints into Putin's MARXIST-style agenda and organz = reorg of Govt. Mainstream Russ safe as long as they don't criticize Putin or Russ Orthodox Church. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-28 21:09 |
| #7 I could care. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-11-28 12:13 |
| #6 Azerbaijan did not get much help from Turkey (or from any other Muslim majority state) during the early 90s during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. There are nationalist and ethnic conflicts going on as well as the Muslim multifata. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-11-28 12:03 |
| #5 I see no realistic prospect of Azerbaijan regaining these territories by force. They're Muslims, their concept of war is cardinally different from yours. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-11-28 07:33 |
| #4 Azerbaijani oil and gas can buy a lot of weapons. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-11-28 07:16 |
| #3 The original war was fought on an ad hoc basis by states in dissaray after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Armenians won and have now consolidated. I see no realistic prospect of Azerbaijan regaining these territories by force. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-11-28 05:09 |
| #2 In a NOT necessar un-related news, REGNUM.RU > KOSOVO > CHINESE Pert claims that France will recognize formal independence for KOSOVO in February 2008, according to Chin reading of secret French Ministry report. *OTHER REGNUM ARTICLES > Nutshell - KOSOVAN + VARI REGIONAL CONFLICTS/INSTABILITIES entail bad tidings not only for locals BUT FOR ALL EUROPE AS WELL vv Euro State-specific MUSLIM ETHNIC GROUPS-COMMUNITIES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-28 01:05 |
| #1 Not again? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-28 00:10 |