STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—The Artsakh Defense Ministry released a video on Sunday showing the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violating the ceasefire regime along the northeastern direction of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border, at Martakert-Mataghis.
According to an accompanying statement released by the Ministry, Azerbaijani forces fired five mortar rounds and a Spike ATGK missile in the direction of Armenian positions on Oct. 22.
The violation shows, once again, that Baku is not inclined to use the agreements reached toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict and for the elimination of unjustified losses, and that, on the contrary, with deliberate provocations it is destabilizing the situation, the Artsakh Defense Ministry said.
Below is the video released by the Ministry.
Artsakh’s Armed Forces refrained from retaliating, in consideration of the need for the effective implementation of the processes for the peaceful settlement of the conflict within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, the statement said. “This does not mean that the enemy’s actions will remain unanswered if the similar developments persist,” the statement added.
“The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Artsakh unequivocally warns the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan that if the provocations continue, the answer will be disproportionate and rather painful,” concluded the statement.
Yes the provocations have been going on for the passed 10 years, where is the painful disproportionate answer ,all we do is sit there and take the crap from the Azeris, this is why they are not afraid of us. We need a change of generals in the Armenian army , and Serj Sarkissian must be dumped out of the government.
This is because the Armenian government is under direct orders from Moscow regarding Artsakh. If Armenia really wanted to stop this, it would. It can’t. Because they are under direct orders to “negotiate” whatever that means. They in the meantime use the excuse that “we do not want to lose lives” – while losing it of course. God forbid, those young lives at the front line are being considered “cannon fodder”.
An Artsakh official actually told the truth about this, and although he did not name “Russia” as the culprit, it was obvious. He said, imagine Armenia and Azerbaijan are facing each other, and they have Armenia’s hands in a hold, and in the meantime Azerbaijan is striking Armenia. In order to make it look “balanced” that entity holding Armenia’s hands is shouting “both sides must stop” while Azerbaijan continues to strike. This is basically the situation we are in. If Russia was really Armenia’s sincere ally, Artsakh would have already been recognized, and Armenia and Russia would be sharing a border. Every other claim by our local apparatchiks are just a bunch of excuses. Oh wait I forgot about “realpolitik”… I wonder how they ever figured out that realpolitik would have to mean an advantage for Azerbaijan but not Armenia. Yeah, they are experts at coming up with excuses, never solutions.
It has become obvious over the past decade that Armenia is not being allowed to respond “in kind” to Azeri aggression. The Azeri “dollar” has a lot to do with the situation as their buying power far exceeds ours. Lets give our people an equell chance, let us help Armenia have a bigger buying power, let us give a much needed financial boost to our country.
The Azeri manat has lost nearly half its purchasing power in just the last three years. One of their largest state banks almost went into default. They aren’t doing well at all. Their power comes from oil and bribes, nothing more.