The recurring escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has become a negative trend in recent years. Clashes occur every several months, going beyond the usual war between snipers and taking the form of full-scale shelling of parties’ positions with grenade launchers, mortars ...
The latest exacerbation of the situation on the demarcation line between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia is undoubtedly Baku’s desire to distract attention from 24 April – the tragic historical date marking the centenary of the Armenian genocide. Turkey is holding a series of national events marking the First World War with the same aim. The main reason for what is happening, however, is different.
For several years after the defeat in the 1992-1994 war in Nagorny Karabakh the situation...