It should be interesting to see from which country the Russians can get transit rights to resupply the Armenians. Probably the weakest of the three non-belligerents (Georgia, Iran and Turkey) - Georgia.
Posted on 11/22/2009 3:34:43 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Azerbaijan and Armenia held a presidential summit on Sunday amid warnings that a full blown war is brewing over a festering territorial dispute.
Azerbaijan and Armenia held a presidential summit yesterday amid warnings that war was brewing between the countries over a festering territorial dispute.
Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, said the negotiations in Munich were a final attempt to avert a military confrontation.
They were convened by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe as part of efforts to find a peaceful solution to a problem that has divided the two former Soviet republics since the 1991 fall of the USSR.
About 30,000 people died in a war in the early 1990s after ethnic Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region inside Muslim Azerbaijan declared their independence.
Christian Armenia backed the secessionists and supplied them with money and troops. In 1994, the two sides agreed a ceasefire that left Armenian forces in control of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as seven surrounding Azeri regions.
Azeris have never forgiven or forgotten the loss. They have been talking on and off to Armenia for the past 15 years about clawing back at least some of the territory.
At the weekend, Mr Aliyev said that his patience was running out. "If this meeting ends without a result then our hopes in the negotiating process will be exhausted in which case we will not have any other choice. We have the full right to liberate our lands by military means," he added.
It is unclear what concessions Armenia would be willing to make, especially as it is backed by the Russian military, which is permanently stationed on its territory.
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Aliyev must be losing his mind. He publicly and rudely snubbed Vice President Cheney last year and cannot expect any sort of support from the US. Armenia on the other hand, should have Russia’s butt depicted on their flag since they spend so much time with their noses oriented that way. Azerbaijan cannot expect support from their Muslim homies in Iran either since the Iranians fear Azeri separatism within Iran.
It should be interesting to see from which country the Russians can get transit rights to resupply the Armenians. Probably the weakest of the three non-belligerents (Georgia, Iran and Turkey) - Georgia.
Only airlifts from southern Russia to Armenia are viable.
They still have to get air transit rights from one of the 3 non-belligerents.
Iran is very cozy with Russia and Armenia. Azerbaijan is more US-inclined than Armenia, although Armenia has sent troops to Iraq. Complicated situation there. Expect Barry to screw it up.
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