On the hidden tasks of Russian peacekeepers

Baku/20.11.20/Turan: The schedule for the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin regions was disrupted almost immediately after its adoption. The liberation of the Kelbajar region was extended until November 25; there appeared video evidence of the arrival of Armenian militant groups in Karabakh, some formed by the Dashnaktsutyun party.

Reports of statements by Armenian militants refusing to leave Azerbaijan have been published. Karabakh is being secretly filled with Armenian terrorists with the tacit participation of Russian peacekeepers. Pashinyan's Yerevan and the Russian political elite, which categorically oppose the appearance of Turkish peacekeeping forces in Karabakh, provide political support to the dangerous process. V. Putin said that there is no need to provoke "the Armenian side by the presence of Turkish soldiers on the line of contact." One gets the impression that Azerbaijan is being confronted with a new fait accompli of the existence of a hotbed of ethnic militant separatism in the center of the country.

What is happening worries the Azerbaijani public. People share their thoughts on the social network. By analogy with the Georgian events, they are discussing the possibility of distributing passports of the Russian Federation to Armenians in Karabakh, so that later Moscow would declare this land the territory of Russia. A resident of Aghdam, the writer Vahid Gaza notes that everyone has seen videos about traffic jams on the road from Karabakh to Armenia: the population is leaving, but no one saw the column of the Armenian army leaving the liberated region.

Russian military expert Vugar Abbasov: “If the Armenian refugees are returned to the peacekeeping zone of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Azerbaijani community is denied this right, there will be a great distrust. The Azerbaijanis now have nowhere to return - Khojaly, Karkijakhan, Amiranly, Kuropatkino, Muganli, Umudlu, Meshali, Jamilli, Ballidja, Turshsu and other Azerbaijani settlements have been destroyed, construction and restoration work is needed. Let us begin this work, after the completion of which the immediate return of refugees and the revival of these places will begin."

The head of the East-West analytical center Arastun Orujlu answered the questions of Turan: What will happen if the Armenians start delaying the withdrawal of the Armed Forces? What can be the actions of the Russian peacekeepers and the Azerbaijani army? Can Turkey intervene?

The dragging out leaving the territories by the Armenians is because Russia is deliberately doing this. Apparently, there is some demand for Azerbaijan and Russia demands their fulfillment. What could be behind this? While we liberate our Karabakh, Russia is busy fulfilling its global tasks. Moscow found itself in a Karabakh impasse. The entry of the so-called Russian peacekeepers into Azerbaijan has no legal basis, since the Russian Federation did not receive an international mandate for this - from the UN, OSCE, and EU or, in extreme cases, from the CSTO.

The troops of the Russian Federation were introduced on a tripartite statement, while the Constitution of Azerbaijan, which prohibits the presence of foreign troops in the country, was completely ignored, and the law (concept) on the national security of Azerbaijan was violated. This means that Russia can demand the legalization of the status of its armed forces in Azerbaijan.

Second, about communications, which is reflected in the joint statement, clause 9. The talk can be about control over communications linking Russia with the Middle East, Iran through Nakhchivan, over the Khudaferin Bridge. Russia sent troops to Karabakh, but the plan for the implementation of communication has not yet been fulfilled. This means that Russia will demand from Baku access to the Khudaferin Bridge, for example, through the lease of this object. This is the task of the Russian Federation in Azerbaijan. Until Moscow has achieved its goal, it will delay the liberation of the territories from the Armenian bands. They will remain there in collusion with Russia. I also do not admit the thought that the Armenian armed forces may not obey the Russian peacekeepers,” A.Orujlu summed up.

Political scientist, former director of the Center for Strategic Research, Farhad Mammadov, in an interview with Turan, said that all responsibility for the cleansing of the Armenian-populated regions of Azerbaijan rests with the Russian peacekeepers. Recent TV footage from the region shows the Russians checking vehicles entering the region for weapons. In the future, an obligation to carry out the mission transparently, under the control of Azerbaijan, should be written into the

F. Mammadov considers exaggerated our fears about the partisan war of Armenians, although he confirms the data on the penetration of militants from "Dashnaktsutyun" and "Sasna Tsrer" into the region. In the first days of the war, weapons were distributed to all Armenians in Karabakh. Based on the experience of the war in the early nineties, one can be sure that Armenians will use weapons against “their traitors”. However, the territory is small, unsuitable for partisanship. Changing maps of the location of permanent and temporary posts of Russian peacekeepers speak against the version of the possibility of armed Armenian resistance. It can be seen that as the Armenian population leaves, the Russians shift their checkpoints towards the center of the region, reducing the territory of possible terrorist actions.

The main thing for us is the safety of the Azerbaijani military and civilian population, the transparency of the actions of the Russian peacekeepers in the zone of their location, especially in the Lachin corridor, the political scientist said.

Concerning the actions of the Turkish peacekeepers, F. Mammadov advised to wait for the signing of the Memorandum on the mission of the Turkish military in Garabagh. Discussions are ongoing and details are unknown. It is clear that the goal of Russia remains to prevent contact between the Armenians and the Turkish military.

“Putin said that the memory of the events of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey dominates the Armenians. But he did not remember that more than one hundred thousand Armenians live safely in Turkey and do not want to leave it,” F. Mammadov added.--0--