New Delhi: As the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues for a fifth day and causes several casualties, India on Thursday expressed concern and called for restraint between the two nations.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Shrivastava called the situation “disturbing” and said: “India is concerned about the situation that threatens regional peace and security. We reiterate the need for the parties to cease hostilities immediately. Please remain restrained and take all possible measures to keep the peace on the border. India believes that any lasting solution to the conflict can only be achieved peacefully through diplomatic negotiations. “
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Clashes have broken out between the Christian-majority Armenia and the Muslim-majority Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but has ethnic Armenians as a majority.
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India has good ties with both countries. The North-South international transport corridor runs from Mumbai to Chabahar via Azerbaijan to Moscow, crucial to India’s connectivity plans. The then Indian Foreign Minister, the late Sushma Swaraj, visited Azerbaijan in 2018.
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In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). After the meeting, he tweeted: “We had extensive discussions with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. We talked about expanding cooperation between India and Armenia on aspects related to technology, pharmaceuticals and agricultural industries.”
During the meeting, Prime Minister Pashinyan addressed the popularity of Indian movies, music and yoga in Armenia. In early 2020, when the Armenian Prime Minister was detected with COVID-19, Prime Minister Modi tweeted for a quick recovery. He said: “At this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic, wishing Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his family a speedy recovery. India supports Armenia in the fight against COVID-19.”
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Armenia supports India on several key fronts. In 2019, in response to a question from Zee Media in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly that Turkey has been raking in Kashmir, Pashinyan said: “On the issue of Kashmir, we fully defend the Indian position and it is ours. firm position. “
In the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, experts said that there is a possibility that this war will take a massive form in the coming days, because Russia is going to make an entry into it.
You can give an attack order: Given the type of atmosphere, Russian President Vladimir Putin may have ordered an attack on Turkey. Because Russia is with Armenia while Turkey advocates for the Muslim country Azerbaijan. Turkey and Pakistan are reportedly sending terrorists to fight on behalf of Azerbaijan. If Turkey orders an attack, a terrible war will start between Russia and Turkey and the war will also be joined by other superpowers.
Scene of destruction: War has been going on for the past four days in Azerbaijan and Armenia, two small countries along the Iran-Turkey border. The images of the explosions and devastation that came from the battlefield are very distressing. On the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia these days, only the sound of the explosion is heard all day long. Azerbaijan is a Muslim-majority country, while Christians live in large numbers in Armenia.
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This is the root of the dispute: the main reason for the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan describes the mountainous region of this region as its own, while Armenia has occupied it. The area has been under Armenian occupation since the fighting ended in 1994. Also in 2016, there was a bloody war between the two countries over this area, in which 200 people died. Now, once again, both countries meet face to face. Both countries were part of the USSR.
This is a cause for concern: both sides have started gathering troops at the border. Armenia has claimed to have shot down four Azerbaijani helicopters. Due to the crisis, along with the imposition of martial law in some areas of Azerbaijan, curfew orders have also been issued in major cities. It is worrying that Russia, Turkey, France, Iran and Israel are also in danger of being involved in this battle of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and that is why the whole world has begun to fear that this may be the beginning of the World War. Three.
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