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President Serzh Sargsyan continues his visit to NKR
On the second day of his working visit to the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, President Serzh Sargsyan together with President of NKR Bako Sahakian observed a “tank combination” competition conducted at the Tigranakert training ground. The competition revealed the best participant through the precise firing and other requirements. Later, at the same training ground the Presidents of the two Armenian Republics observed the two-sided tactical exercise titled “Preparing the assault force of the Defense Army for full combat readiness: organization of defense, conduct of defensive battle, organization of assault.” The most important elements of the exercise were the actions of the raiding detachment in the flanks and in the rear of the enemy. Military exercised were followed by the ceremony of awarding the personnel: the most active participants of the exercised received emoluments.
In Artsakh, President Serzh Sargsyan familiarized also with the programs carried out in mining area and prospects of its development. President Sargsyan continues his working visit to the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.
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Nagorno-Karabakh problem not easy to solve – Richard Morningstar
11:44 • 14.11.13
One of the major problems is that both Azerbaijan and Armenia expect super powers, big states, especially US to make more efforts, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar said at a meeting with students of Azerbaijan State Economic University, APA reports.
"We will work jointly with the Minsk Group and do our best to achieve the solution of the problem. I believe one of the major problems is that both Azerbaijan and Armenia expect super powers, big states, especially US to make more efforts. When I visit the regions people ask me why the problem is not solved. If the solution of Nagorno-Karabakh had been easy, we would have done it. I believe that it can be solved only when the conflicting parties make firm decision to solve the problem once and for all,” he said.
The US diplomat hopes that at the upcoming meeting the presidents will make a decision to solve the problem and come to an agreement on certain issues.
Asked about the US financial aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, Richard Morningstar said it is done in line with the mandate of the Congress and it is humanitarian aid.
"Moreover, the amount is not so big," he said.
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Russia shows its hand on Karabakh – EU Observer
12:56 • 14.11.13
By Alexandro Petersen
If Moscow is hoping that the Caucasus will stay stable ahead of the February Winter Olympics in Sochi, its commanders on the ground do not seem to have gotten the memo.
In an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper late last month, Col. Andrey Ruzinsky, commander of the 102nd Military Base at Gyumri in Armenia affirmed Russia’s preparedness and intention to “join the armed conflict” against Azerbaijan if it “decides to restore jurisdiction over Nagorno-Karabakh by force."
Ruzinsky added that his officers had recently toured “areas of combat engagement” and plan to increase joint military exercises with Armenian forces in the coming year.
It is of course an open secret to all in the region as well as to Eurasianists in the EU that the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute is a Russian proxy conflict, maintained in simmering stasis by Russian arms sales to both sides so that Moscow can sustain leverage over Armenia, Azerbaijan and by its geographic proximity Georgia.
It is still however striking to see a pivotal Russian military figure in the conflict underlining his country's intent to use massive force to maintain this destructive status quo or even tip the balance should Armenia and Azerbaijan come to major blows again.
The statement is highly illustrative of regional dynamics in that it lays bare Armenia's utter dependence on Russia for its security and the de facto abrogation of Armenian sovereignty - made final by President Serzh Sargsyan's recent obsequious pleas to join Moscow's Neo-Soviet Customs Union instead of moving forward with an EU Association Agreement.
It also underscores the gradual tipping of the balance of power between Baku and Yerevan towards Azerbaijan, given its ballooning military budget made possible by its oil and gas bonanza.
Apart from the close relationship between decision makers in Russia and Armenia, it is Azerbaijan that Moscow feels it has to contain, because of its energy wealth, but also because of the Azerbaijani leadership's adamant Western orientation for the past decade and a half.
In the run up to the Vilnius Summit, Russian decision makers seek to send a message that choosing the EU over Russia - a false choice incidentally - is a risky move. Col Ruzinsky’s remarks smack of similar Russian threats to Georgia before the 2008 war.
In fact, Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The 102nd Military Base maintains 5,000 troops at Gyumri, armed with tanks, artillery, helicopters, MiG-29 aircraft and Iskender-M tactical ballistic missiles.
Unlike with Georgia's separatist territories where Russian leaders had to concoct the bizarre pretext that their armed forces were defending two minuscule independent statelets, over Nagorno-Karabakh, Moscow can just invoke its mutual defense pact with Armenia and its CSTO obligations.
In the eyes of the international community, Russian forces supposedly defending Armenia - even though a conflict would probably be centered on the internationally recognized Azerbaijani territory of Karabakh - would be seen as much more legitimate than an intervention in Georgia.
Russia's revealing its bias on the Karabakh conflict also draws into serious question its role as a co-chair of the so-called Minsk Group, the OSCE conflict negotiation mechanism also chaired by France and the United States.
Again, anyone that has watched the conflict closely for the past two decades knows well that Russia is not just a mediator but also a party to the conflict. But, until now, all participants have at least acted on the pretense that Russia is somehow objective. Col. Ruzinsky's unvarnished statement will make it difficult for French and American diplomats to continue a strategy towards conflict settlement that relies on Russia.
Russia's active role as a party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not news.
However, Moscow's shot over the bow to Azerbaijan and the region is an ominous reminder of the catastrophe that can befall the Caucasus if conflict settlement is not soon achieved.
The first step is convening comprehensive negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But the lead in doing so will almost certainly have to come from France (and the EU) or the United States as honest brokers.
Russia cannot simultaneously preach peace and threaten war.
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"The first step is convening comprehensive negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But the lead in doing so will almost certainly have to come from France (and the EU) or the United States as honest brokers."
I think i threw up a little when i read this part. Yeh like the honest broker that the USA has been in the middle east..what a hunk of fresh steaming pile of sxxxxt.
"Russia cannot simultaneously preach peace and threaten war."
More vomit. Lets see now which is the country at perpetual war in the region it claims to be a honest broker?Hayastan or Bust.Comment
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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
get a load of this guy. So USA and France are capable of bringing peace to the region, well, halleluja. It's all settled then.Originally posted by Spetsnaz View Post
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