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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared that Armenia does not have the opportunity to buy military equipment “worth billions of dollars”, so Russia supplies it free of charge.
Over the past two weeks, Azerbaijan has destroyed Armenian military equipment “worth billions of dollars” in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told the Russian TV channel RBC in an interview, the transcript of which was posted on the president’s website on October 10.
“It is no secret that today Armenia is 100 percent dependent on Russia. Security is ensured by Russia, Russia provides weapons for free. We destroyed Armenian equipment, probably billions of dollars. Now, in two weeks. Where did they get this from? money? No. These are all free deliveries from Russia, “Aliyev said.
In his words, even the border of Armenia with Turkey and Iran is guarded by Russian border guards.
“If it were not for that, it would be empty. What other country has so many levers to influence Armenia? None. And perhaps there are not two other countries in the world, one of which would be so completely dependent” – explained the president of Azerbaijan.
He believes that Moscow should influence Yerevan in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
In 1991, with the support of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region.
Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 3, Armenia announced that Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive, which the self-defense groups of the unrecognized republic managed to stop.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
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