Ilham Aliev (on the left) and Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: press office of the Government of RA

15 December 2021, 14:19

Ahead of meeting in Brussels, Aliev and Pashinyan exchange mutual claims

The Zangezur Corridor, which Baku is seeking to open, should work on the same conditions as the Lachin one, Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, stated in Brussels, at a meeting with the NATO Secretary General. The Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has accused the head of Azerbaijan of trying to drive the topic of opening regional communications into a dead end.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the shootouts on the border of the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan with the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia occur every day since December 8. Analysts have linked the border escalation to the upcoming meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Brussels. Baku believes that the meeting will fail to relieve tensions if Yerevan evades the start of border delimitation and opening of transport communications.

Azerbaijan believes that the creation of the Zangezur Corridor is stipulated by the agreements on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia, through whose territory the corridor should pass, does not recognize this.

Aliev is making use of the "corridor" policy to disrupt the OSCE Minsk Group negotiations; and for this purpose he constantly puts pressure on Armenia, Andrias Gukasyan, a political analyst, believes.

"There are no grounds for providing Azerbaijan with a corridor through the territory of Armenia; it is absolutely inappropriate to compare the Lachin Corridor with the road through Megri to Nakhichevan," Mr Gukasyan has stated.

According to his version, the decision to open the Lachin Corridor was made due to the need for a land connection between Karabakh and Armenia. Azerbaijan cannot present claims to Armenia at such a level, the political analyst is sure.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 14, 2021 at 10:51 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:

Analysts in Baku and Yerevan link escalation with upcoming meeting in Brussels, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of border attacks, Two Armenian militaries wounded on border.

Author: Armine Martirosyan Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 09, 2025 23:17

  • Lawyers: court in Chechnya violates Musaeva’s right to defence

    A notification of an advocate an hour and a half before the start of the hearing at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which left Zarema Musaeva in custody in the case on disorganization of the activities of the penal colony, violated the equality of the parties and the defendant’s right to defence.

January 09, 2025 22:56

January 09, 2025 22:46

  • Family of escaped Dagestani Zaira Pirova offers her to return home

    Zaira Pirova, a native of Dagestan, who fled to Georgia, has contacted her relatives, but was unable to convince them that she had left home voluntarily. She said that she missed her family. The girl's father gave her two days to think about it and promised that if she returned, she would be "treated specially."

January 09, 2025 21:14

January 08, 2025 23:34

  • Rights defenders refute abduction version of Dagestani Zaira Pirova

    The father of Zaira Pirova, who fled from Dagestan to Georgia, claims that his daughter was abducted and is kept under a threat to execute her family. However, human rights defenders object stating that Zaira had left home voluntarily and left Russia because of her relatives' attempts to find her.

TOPICS OF THE DAY

Events

News archive