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Israel may halt its weapons sale to Azerbaijan, Armenian ambassador says
Israel may halt commercial weapon sales to Azerbaijan, Armenian Ambassador to Israel Armen Smbatyan told the media, as fighting intensified for the ninth day between the two countries.
“In two or three days, they [Israel] seem to be on the way to stopping the supply of weapons,” Smbatyan told the Armenian news site Factor. He added that he had received a verbal promise that this would occur.
Israel has strong ties with both counties and has sought to remain neutral in the conflict, but it receives 40% of its oil supply from Azerbaijan, making its ties with that country particularly important.
The commercial Israeli weapons sales to Azerbaijan have also made it hard for Jerusalem to maintain a position of neutrality, in a conflict that has threatened to involve the larger parties of Russia, which backs Armenia, and Turkey, which supports Azerbaijan.
Fuad Akhundov, head of sector for work with foreign media in the administration of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, told The Jerusalem Post that any reports that sales would be halted were “fake news” and he lauded the tight ties between his country and Israel.
“Israel is our partner,” as part of that partnership Azerbaijan had contracts with Israel to purchase military hardware, but that the contracts only dealt with hardware and did not involve greater involvement.
Akhundov confirmed Azerbaijan was using Israeli drones in its battle with Armenia, which he called the aggressor in the situation.
Israel may halt commercial weapon sales to Azerbaijan, Armenian Ambassador to Israel Armen Smbatyan told the media, as fighting intensified for the ninth day between the two countries.
“In two or three days, they [Israel] seem to be on the way to stopping the supply of weapons,” Smbatyan told the Armenian news site Factor. He added that he had received a verbal promise that this would occur.
Israel has strong ties with both counties and has sought to remain neutral in the conflict, but it receives 40% of its oil supply from Azerbaijan, making its ties with that country particularly important.
The commercial Israeli weapons sales to Azerbaijan have also made it hard for Jerusalem to maintain a position of neutrality, in a conflict that has threatened to involve the larger parties of Russia, which backs Armenia, and Turkey, which supports Azerbaijan.
Fuad Akhundov, head of sector for work with foreign media in the administration of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, told The Jerusalem Post that any reports that sales would be halted were “fake news” and he lauded the tight ties between his country and Israel.
“Israel is our partner,” as part of that partnership Azerbaijan had contracts with Israel to purchase military hardware, but that the contracts only dealt with hardware and did not involve greater involvement.
Akhundov confirmed Azerbaijan was using Israeli drones in its battle with Armenia, which he called the aggressor in the situation.
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Azerbaijan is just as corrrupt as any ex-Soviet Eastern European and Central Asian states. The state positions are given the individuals with natural gas revenues or from the close circle or relatives of the Aliyev family. For the Aliyev also, he owe hisrularship to Russians, since his father was actualy came as a result fo Russian backed coup attempt against elected president Elfuz Elçibey who was way pro-Turkic than oppotunitist Aliveys. But that's how the things work in politics I guess...
In my humble opinion Aliyev regime can easily mantain itself without Turkey's support, which they actually did very little around 10-15 years ago bcs of the Elçibey affair But without Russia it can not be thinkable for them to act in their own way of authonomy in the region even with the support Turkey or not. Still most of their senior military officers has connection with Russian GRU or FSB or directly trained by them during the "god old Soviet days" . So that summarizes the whoe situation...
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I can only speculate, but there is no way that this story happened in the Russian courtyard without some kind of a Russian approval. Approval to the Turks who assured the Azeris that the have the ''Russian OK''.
If the Azeris were indeed the first who attacked, and they were given the ''neutral light'' from Russia via Turkey, they fell into the same trap Saddam fell when the then US ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie '' assured'' him that in the case of an Iraqi invasion to Kuwait, the US will remain passive. What happened next is history.
The Russians have a chess player's mentality, the don't hesitate to sacrifice their pawns for a winning position. Εvery way i see this situation, the Russians are the only ones who are benefited at the end. A strong Russian arm is expected at some point to stop the clashes , thus reimposing their control on the area.
If the Azeris were indeed the first who attacked, and they were given the ''neutral light'' from Russia via Turkey, they fell into the same trap Saddam fell when the then US ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie '' assured'' him that in the case of an Iraqi invasion to Kuwait, the US will remain passive. What happened next is history.
The Russians have a chess player's mentality, the don't hesitate to sacrifice their pawns for a winning position. Εvery way i see this situation, the Russians are the only ones who are benefited at the end. A strong Russian arm is expected at some point to stop the clashes , thus reimposing their control on the area.
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Don't know much about internal Azeri politics, just that his gorgeous daughter was married to the son of a Russian billionaire who was an ethnic Azeri in order to solidify ties between the countries. Well, that marriage has collapsed, and I've read that Russians connections in the military and security services have been severed in favor of officers aligned with Turkey and the West.
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It's not really a Russian courtyard anymore, Russians themselves set things in motion through invasion of Georgia in 2008 that significantly hampered their influence at the end. At the moment, they can't even re-supply Armenians even if they wanted to.
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Just look at their Chief of Staff Necmeddin Sadokov who was secretly taken away from his position by the special order of Aliyev just three days ago in regards of he act in interest of Russians. He was also being criticized by Azeri people bcs he was originally traned as a GRU officer back in Soviet days of Azerbaijan and therefore his Russian was actually way fluent than his Azerbaijani. And he is the commander-in-chief of their armed forces for 27 years. So this example summarizes the stuff going on in Azerbaijani internal politcs I assume. They surely want to get rid of the Russian influance inside their state administration but just following the right opportunity to do it piece by piece to not antagonize the Russians.
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Uhhh...why not? Even Azerbaijan accuses Russia of doing this? Unless you are specifically referring to this past week, in which case I have heard anecdotally it's still happening but can't find any proof so feel free to take with a grain of salt. However, there is nothing preventing Russia from arming Armenians right now, and in fact it is in Russia's interest to keep a balance of power.
Pretty sure what hampered their influence wasn't 2008 Georgia war, but the collapse of USSR.
Everything else that happens after the collapse is the direct consequence of the collapse.
As for the courtyard... well, obviously, if you are a small country, on the border with Russia, and you have no protection from bigger regional/overseas players, then you would assume that any risky movements you make could get you into trouble with Russia, even if you're not Russia's ally. I mean, that's just the laws of physics, isn't it?
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I've seen plenty of ATGMs fired at a handful of soldiers in Syria, but I didn't think I would see it between organized armies. Seems a waste of ordnance on low value targets that other weapon systems are intended for (and much better at).
Agreed, the "Artsakh Self Defense Army" is something between a militia and an organized army. The army of the Republic of Armenia has yet to participate in this conflict, and I don't believe they have moved any assets to Karabakh as of yet.
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I agree with Mike - cluster munitions would have been the better choice. Not that the soldiers who escaped are complaining.
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I was thinking mortars mainly because they are the lowest level fire support in the organizational hierarchy that should be available in the largest numbers. Haven't seen any mortars in action that I can think of though, mainly artillery, UAVs and ATGMs. Some mortar rounds landing maybe, but none being fired unlike artillery.
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Алиев потребовал участия Турции в урегулировании ситуации в Карабахе
Турция должна принять участие в урегулировании карабахского конфликта, заявил президент Азербайджана Ильхам Алиев.
The Azerbaijani leader also criticized France's position on Nagorno-Karabakh. The statement of French President Emmanuel Macron is unacceptable, Aliyev stressed.
"Paris seems to be removing itself from participating in the settlement," he said.
He called the "withdrawal of Armenian troops" from the territories a condition for the ceasefire. This is exactly what the mediators in the Karabakh conflict should do.
For me this line is the most interesting of all.
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On October 4, 2020, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev met with the Prosecutors General of the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Iraq, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria and Poland, as well as Lebanon. , Greek, Syrian and French justice ministers.
It was stated in the appeal that as a proof of the commitment of the leadership of the Republic of Armenia to the state policy of terrorism, Armenia has violated the ceasefire since September 27 this year. Since October 4, 2020, the second largest city in Azerbaijan, Ganja, located far from the war zone, as well as the settlements of the strategically important cities of Beylagan and Mingachevir have been fired at by rockets and shells, resulting in deaths and injuries.
Due to the loss of position of the Armenian armed forces as a result of counter-offensive measures by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia called on Armenians living abroad to take part in the armed conflict in order to gather new forces.
The media reported that about 1,000 ethnic Armenians had come to the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan or wanted to do so.
It was stated in the appeal that as a proof of the commitment of the leadership of the Republic of Armenia to the state policy of terrorism, Armenia has violated the ceasefire since September 27 this year. Since October 4, 2020, the second largest city in Azerbaijan, Ganja, located far from the war zone, as well as the settlements of the strategically important cities of Beylagan and Mingachevir have been fired at by rockets and shells, resulting in deaths and injuries.
Due to the loss of position of the Armenian armed forces as a result of counter-offensive measures by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia called on Armenians living abroad to take part in the armed conflict in order to gather new forces.
The media reported that about 1,000 ethnic Armenians had come to the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan or wanted to do so.
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How would Russia provide arms to Armenia right now? Georgian air space is closed. Iranians are wary of internal issues and have strained relationship with Russia at the moment as well.
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