Attempts have been made to resolve the dispute between the countries over mountain areas for decades. The frozen conflict has flared up again from time to time.
The spat between the neighboring countries has flared up again and there is a threat in the air that the armed conflict will spread more widely between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
In Nagorno-Karabakh, the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has long roots. The dispute between the two countries escalated decades ago and has flared up several times since then.
Nagorno-Karabakh is located in the territory of Azerbaijan, but Armenia has held the territories for decades.
A solution to the control of the region is being sought this time with a surprise attack by Azerbaijan deep in the areas mainly inhabited by Armenians and supported by Armenia.
According to Azerbaijan, it is a local attack against terrorism. In practice, Armenia has occupied territories from which Azeris fled en masse in the early 1990s.
Armenia’s long-term goal is to annex the regions to itself
During the former Soviet republics, the difficult-to-navigate mountain area was also mostly inhabited by Armenians. Armenia’s old goal has been to annex the territories to itself.
Efforts have been made to soften the relationship between the countries for decades. It has become a so-called frozen conflict in terms of international diplomacy, which can easily flare up.
The Azerbaijani leadership does not see an end to the situation until the Armenian forces are disarmed and they give up the territory. The use of heavy weapons fueled accusations on both sides. Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of ethnic cleansing.
Russia has mediated and armed both
In the conflict between the countries, there is also a connection between big positions. Russia has wanted to stay out of the conflict of its former republics. Russia tried unsuccessfully to mediate the previous dispute in the region a few years ago. There are Russian peacekeepers in the area.
Russia has armed both sides. Azerbaijan has also received armaments from Natoma Turkey.
Fur is a red garment for Armenians. Turkey has not recognized the more than a hundred-year-old genocide of the Armenians by its predecessor, the Ottomans.
Azeri Islam and the world’s oldest forms of Christianity, which is in power in Armenia, are also opposite.
The information from the attack also tells about civilian casualties and suffering this time as well.