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Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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  • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

    KEEP PACE WITH PACE.

    Mirror Spectator Jan 2016
    By Edmond Y. Azadian

    As we enter the New Year, Armenia faces yet another new diplomatic
    challenge, again the result of its size and the alliances it has
    chosen. Although on the surface they don't appear to be the case,
    indeed those two, as well as the deep and generous pockets of its foes,
    are the root causes of those challenges.

    Last year, Armenia suffered a setback in Europe when the European
    Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued a decision in the case of
    Dogu Perincek, which in essence sided with the Genocide denier in a
    case that pitted him against the Swiss government. Switzerland has
    adopted a law which makes the denial of the Armenian Genocide a crime.

    Perincek, a Turkish citizen, in lectures denied the Genocide
    repeatedly.

    While in its final verdict the court said that there is no doubt
    whatsoever regarding the fate that befell the Armenians, all legal
    terminologies and maneuvers were rehashed in the verdict to state
    one more time that any one in Europe can deny the Armenian Genocide
    and seek shelter under the banner of freedom of speech, while denying
    the Jewish Holocaust is instead treated as inciting hate.

    That decision would certainly have its impact on Swiss law and produce
    dire consequences elsewhere. A case in point is a recent French High
    Court verdict. A math teacher had been fired and convicted in Paris for
    challenging the Holocaust denial law, arguing that the law unfairly
    punishes only those disputing or denying the Jewish Holocaust, but
    no other crimes against humanity. The constitutional court upheld
    the law on January 10, singling out Holocaust denial as a crime,
    saying that the World War II genocide is of a "different nature" than
    other crimes against humanity. This ruling is taking place in a country
    whose president, Francois Hollande, had pledged his support to ironclad
    language in a law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

    Pundits who had tried to minimize -- and even misinterpret -- the
    European Court's verdict in the Perincek case, will realize that it
    has begun to have a negative domino effect in Europe.

    Now comes the second chapter of diplomatic challenges for Armenia.

    Indeed, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved
    with a vote of 24 to 16 an anti-Armenian report entitled "Escalation
    of Violence in Nagorno-Karabagh and Other Occupied Territories of
    Azerbaijan" by Robert Walter (United Kingdom, EC), a rapporteur of
    PACE Political Affairs Committee. The Armenian delegation's proposal
    to replace the biased rapporteur was declined. The above report will
    feature on the agenda of the PACE plenary session on January 26 with
    yet another biased report against Karabagh Armenians.

    The second draft resolution is entitled "Inhabitants of Frontier
    Regions of Azerbaijan Are Deliberately Deprived of Water." The
    rapporteur of this second report is Milica Markov (Bosnia and
    Herzegovina).

    The first report is founded on biased premises as it qualifies
    Karabagh as an "occupied territory," in addition to other Azeri
    territories Armenia occupies. A neutral position which is expected
    from an organization such as PACE, at the very least should have
    formulated it as "disputed territories." In its current shape the
    draft resolution has its forgone conclusion, which may not even need
    any voting at the plenary session.

    In the first draft resolution, the principles of neutrality,
    impartiality and objectivity have been thrown out. On the other hand,
    the credentials of the rapporteur himself are comprised; Mr. Robert
    Walter and his wife, Feride Alp-Walter, have been involved in business
    dealings in Azerbaijan and Turkey. It has also been reported that they
    both are Turkish citizens and that Mr. Walter received his Turkish
    ID card personally from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. In
    2011, Mr. Cavusoglu was among the guests at the couple's wedding.

    This transparent vote-for-money situation may remind readers possibly
    of another diplomat -- now discredited and out of the political stage
    -- who at the time negatively impacted Armenian-Azeri relations,
    namely Matthew Bryza. Bryza, the former co-chair of the Minsk Group
    of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),
    served also for a short time as US ambassador to Azerbaijan. The
    wedding of Bryza and his Turkish bride in Turkey was reportedly
    underwritten by the Aliyev government in Azerbaijan.

    These blatant undertakings seem to be individual acts of misbehavior
    but they are being tolerated by the diplomatic circles because
    Armenia remains in the Russian orbit and the delegates who vote for
    these misguided and ill-conceived resolutions believe in the backs
    of their minds that they are punishing Russia indirectly by voting
    against Armenia.

    The second draft resolution is similarly based on fallacious premises
    because the rapporteur has chosen to ignore the technical report on
    the Sarsang Reservoir, which is at the center of the controversy. The
    technical report drafted by expert Dr. Lydia S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia
    calls for a visual inspection of the dam, which is far from the
    alleged danger of collapse, but the rapporteur has chosen to ignore
    the invitation of Karabagh authorities to come for a fact-finding
    mission and she has demanded a unilateral and "immediate withdrawal
    of Armenian armed forces from the region concerned."

    In view of PACE's ill-advised initiatives, the OSCE has issued a terse
    statement suggesting that no other body is mandated to interfere in
    the Nagorno Karabagh conflict without consulting the OSCE co-chairs.

    Any marginal interference can only damage the negotiation process. But
    Azerbaijan, under Turkey's tutelage, has been actively pursuing
    a policy of deviating and corrupting the fundamental meaning of
    the Karabagh issue. The Azeri-Turkish tandem has already used the
    fanaticism of some Islamic countries to win their votes at the UN
    General Assembly formulating the conflict as a religious quarrel.

    Armenians should not be surprised by similar actions and they need
    to plan their strategies and prepare for counter attacks, which
    fortunately are on their way. The European Armenian Federation
    for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) has already taken the lead to
    launch a campaign, namely through a petition on change.org, urging
    active participation to prevent PACE from adopting a pro-Azerbaijani
    resolution that can hinder the Nagorno-Karabagh peace negotiations.

    The EAFJD is specifically calling for immediate action via the petition
    to put an end to PACE's "hate-filled war rhetoric on Nagorno Karabagh
    and the favoritism of some of its members toward Azerbaijan."

    The diaspora initiative is coupled and endorsed with a diplomatic
    offensive from Armenia. To prevent the adoption of the above documents,
    Yerevan has undertaken a furtive diplomatic campaign.

    Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov has visited all Baltic
    capitals with a follow-up trip to the Czech Republic and Greece.

    Meanwhile, Hovhannes Sahakyan, the head of Armenia's Standing
    Parliamentary Committee on State and Legal Affairs has paid similar
    visits to Warsaw and Bucharest, while Artak Zakaryan, head of
    Armenia's Standing Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations and
    Samvel Fermanyan, co-chair of Armenia-Europe Cooperation Commission
    are on their way to different European capitals with the same mission.

    "This resolution has no value at all, apart from undermining the
    negotiation process,' announced Naira Zurabyan, who heads the
    Prosperous Armenia faction in the National Assembly. "As for the
    final version," she added, "it depends on how many sober-minded
    members will be attending the PACE plenary session to understand
    that the adoption of a resolution with such wording will simply
    increase the border tensions, which is already very tense. PACE
    will yet another time turn into a scene of war between Armenia and
    Azerbaijani delegations. If that is what PACE is seeking, let them
    keep on working in such a manner."

    In the meantime, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian has
    announced at a parliament session that Armenian should work more
    actively with the delegates of PACE.

    The January 26 session and the vote will demonstrate if the combined
    mobilization of the Armenia-diaspora diplomatic campaign was able to
    catch up or keep pace with PACE.
    Hayastan or Bust.

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    • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

      Armenian Army
      Special forces





      Last edited by burjuin; 01-13-2016, 10:15 PM.

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        Perfect

        Oil prices dipped below 30-dollars for the first time in 12 years


        Baku-APA-ECONOMICS. The price of Brent oil for the first time since 2004 fell below 30 $ for a barrel.

        WTI crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) fell by 0.43% to $ 30.31 per barrel.

        On London's ICE, Brent fell by 3.2%, to $ 29.99

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          Armenian Air Force






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          • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

            Originally posted by argin View Post
            Perfect

            Oil prices dipped below 30-dollars for the first time in 12 years


            Baku-APA-ECONOMICS. The price of Brent oil for the first time since 2004 fell below 30 $ for a barrel.

            WTI crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) fell by 0.43% to $ 30.31 per barrel.

            On London's ICE, Brent fell by 3.2%, to $ 29.99

            A good way to predict and track the oil price is to have a look at the trend of the US dollar against the Canadian.

            .
            Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
            Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
            Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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              Armenian army






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                Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army






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                • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                  The baboons are screwed, their economy is collapsing.

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                  • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                    Originally posted by Ak105 View Post
                    The baboons are screwed, their economy is collapsing.
                    Their economy collapsing doesn't mean we kick back and let Armenia's corruption and stagnation go unchecked. If anything, this is the perfect time for reform to show that we outclass and outrank them in everything from military to economy.

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                    • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                      Originally posted by HyeSocialist View Post
                      Their economy collapsing doesn't mean we kick back and let Armenia's corruption and stagnation go unchecked. If anything, this is the perfect time for reform to show that we outclass and outrank them in everything from military to economy.
                      Azerbaijan falling apart shouldn't be any occasion for celebration. it only means we avoid disaster that would have undone 20 years of progress. But it doesn't change the terrible situation we're still in. If anything, it only takes away the main excuse for getting real reform through. There's much work to be done in Armenia. Without or without Azerbaijan, Armenia like many small former soviet states including Azerbaijan, will self destruct with population decline. The next major opportunity for improving the country comes in May 2017 parliamentary elections. We will need 6,000-10,000 electoral monitors to have a clean and indisputable election. By comparison we had about 400 in 2013, and 1,300 this past December. Every Diasporan who cares for the welfare of the country should do their best to be in Armenia a few weeks before the election and participate in the process.

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