Official Baku continues to remain silent after the aggressive statements of the Armenian President on the readiness to launch missile strikes against Azerbaijan in case of resumption of the war.
Baku has also remained silent after the statement of the former commander of the Karabakh separatist forces, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, about the 12 objectives of the infrastructure, which, first of all, should be struck with missiles.
The Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Tofig Zulfugarov believes that the unprecedentedly aggressive rhetoric of Armenians is connected with the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2. But nevertheless, Azerbaijan should have an answer, he wrote on his Facebook page.
The military-political component of Azerbaijan's tactics in case of resumption of hostilities is very urgent and necessary to deprive the opponents of propaganda speculation, he believes.
Commenting on his words on Azadlig Radio, Zulfugarov noted that from the Armenian side of the line of contact, there are three components:
1. The occupied territories around Nagorno-Karabakh have a very special status of perception by mediators and the international community. In future possible military actions, these territories in the case of their liberation will be recognized as a legitimate military goal of the Azerbaijani side. This means that neither the CSTO nor Russia will recognize the Armenian side as a victim in case of their loss.
2. The second group of territories is the Armenian-populated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh. If these territories become a place for military operations, in this case the degree of use of the “victim image” will be replicated by Armenians and the level of criticism towards Azerbaijan will increase.
3. The territory of Armenia is the territory of a neighboring state and unprovoked actions of Azerbaijan against it can become a subject of discussion both within the framework of the CSTO and within the parameters of the allied relations of Armenia and Russia.
In view of the foregoing, the concretization of the military-political component of Azerbaijan's position is extremely urgent and may be an important pre-emptive step in the propaganda war.
“The Azerbaijani leadership should openly declare political and military intentions for each group of territories to which the military actions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces can spread,” Zulfugarov said.
When asked how this can be done, the ex-minister said this could be a military-political directive of the Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces or part of the country's security concept.
This document should be public, sent as an official position to the CSTO member countries, the co-chairing countries and the countries participating in the Minsk Group, in view of the military nature of the document to the NATO member countries, the OSCE and, of course, to the UN, because Azerbaijan's response actions will be regulated by the Charter of the United Nations.
The text of the document itself should contain specific paragraphs that determine the operation of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in accordance with the following principles:
It should determine what should be the response of Azerbaijan in the event of enemy strikes in the depth of our territory more than 1-2 km. Obviously in this case, offensive actions by Azerbaijan to suppress the firing points will be in the territories indicated in paragraph 1 above.
Another response of Azerbaijan should be in case of Armenians' impact on settlements in the depth of the territory of Azerbaijan 5-10 km.
Finally, a different response of Azerbaijan should be clear, if the Armenian side strikes the life support facilities of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from the settlements of Armenia. In this case, the goals of the Azerbaijani army can be transferred to the territory of Armenia.
“The main task of the Azerbaijani army is to suppress the enemy's firing points, which threaten the life and security of the peaceful population of Azerbaijan. Moreover, the retaliatory blows will be asymmetric and pre-emptive, taking into account the security of the peaceful population of the Armenian side,” Tofig Zulfugarov said. -02D-
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