Military expert Karen Vrtanesyan, referring to the NKR DA statement, said that the Azerbaijani side is already using heavy diameter weapons. “The rival has used D 30 guns, we have evidence from Berdavan that the residential area was attacked by rocket launchers from Turkish TR 107 station, artillery is in use already… This is the Azerbaijani policy, they are trying to bleed white, trying to put psychological pressure,” said the expert.
Mr. Vrtanesyan claims that Azerbaijan is not ready for a full-scale war. “But has become a hostage of its deadlock policy, they increase the escalation with a hope that it will be stopped for a moment and Armenia will be the first to go for concessions. Actualy, we have reached the situation that Armenia has stopped using at least conventional diplomatic reverences addressed to the outer world. The Armenian side openly declared that from now on it will continue totally in a different realm. I think that the escalations will be on for some time, Serzh Sargsyan’s statement was not quite direct but clear that he considers Karabakh an integral part of Armenia. This speaks out that much has been changed. There were preliminary agreements, they had reached to some things, principles, etc., now everything will work from scratches.
Azerbaijan hoped to impose something but will have to receive new agreements from scratches, from plain paper, and moreover, not with favorable conditions for Azerbaijan.” The expert is convinced that buying weapon does not still mean that they are ready for a full-scale war. “Buying that much weapon is not enough, you have to learn how to use them and there should be moral and psychological resource, which Azerbaijanis do not have.”
Arpine SIMONYAN
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