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Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting for Nagorno-Karabakh for ten days. Nine days after the war, the solution is still elusive. Armenia is not getting much advantage in the war with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan occupies one city, one area and one village after another in Nagarno Karabakh. The news of the Armenian army’s flight from the battlefield along with the heavy losses suffered by the Armenian army in the war is also appearing in various international media.
Armenia is certainly disappointed by the statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in this situation. “Russia has no obligation to defend Armenia in the ongoing war with Azerbaijan,” Putin said. Because this war with Azerbaijan does not take place on the territory of Armenia.
Vladimir Putin made the remarks in an interview with Russian state media on Wednesday. At the same time, Putin stressed the importance of a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He said that Russia was concerned about the conflict between the two countries.
Russian state news agency TASS reports that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the Russian news agency, they discussed the latest regional issues.
The longest-running conflict zone in Eastern Europe is Nagorno-Karabakh. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at odds over the disputed territory. The two neighboring countries have become absolute enemies of each other, focused on this Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
For Armenians, this area is important as the last possessor of their ancient Christian culture. And for Azeris, Karabakh is the heart of Muslim culture, the sacred birthplace of its traditional Muslim poets and musicians.
Nagorno-Karabakh was an autonomous region of Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. But a large part of the population was ethnic Armenian.
When the Soviet Empire began to collapse in the late 1970s, the Nagorno-Karabakh regional parliament voted to remain part of Armenia. Because of this the war began. Approximately 30,000 people died.
Russia then mediated a ceasefire. That happened in 1994. But despite the ceasefire, there has never been a peace agreement between the two neighboring countries.
As a result, the disputed enclave is still officially part of Azerbaijani territory, but ethnic separatist Armenians control Karabakh and seven other adjacent areas.
About six million ethnic Azeris were forced to flee the area.
When the conflict between the two countries resumed in the last week of September, several world powers, including Russia, France and the United States, called for an emergency ceasefire. On the other hand, Turkey has said that Azerbaijan has the right to defend its territorial integrity. Source: Daily Sabah
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