Russian Political Analyst: “the International Community Bears Responsibility for the Tension on the Line of Contact of Azerbaijani and Armenian Troops”

Farid Akbarov; War will not start in Nagorno Karabakh in the near future,” political analyst Andrei Kazantsev, Director of the Analytical Center of Moscow State Institute of International Relations of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Fellow at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, told APA’s Moscow correspondent. Commenting on the recent tension on the line of contact of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the political analyst said war can not happen at present.

“The new war will differ much from the one that happened in the 90s. First of all, at that time political and economic situation was quite different. The Soviet Union just collapsed. The authorities governing the countries were weak. Neither Azerbaijan, nor Armenia had a powerful leader to govern. There was no one to reach an agreement with. Now the situation is quite different. Azerbaijan has a powerful leader. There are opportunities to solve the conflict in the long perspective, even not in the near future,” he said.

Andrei Kazantsev said the conflicting parties accuse each other of subversive activities. “Unfortunately, subversive activities of both sides are inevitable, because no one is exercising control over the ceasefire on the line of contact. Azerbaijan and Armenia declared ceasefire many years ago. Actually, a third party should control the ceasefire. But no one is controlling it. Therefore, subversive actions often occur between the sides. The international community is responsible for this. It is a great mistake of the international community that it does not control the ceasefire on the line of contact, does not investigate incidents. A terrorist attack or an incident resulting in the human loss may happen there. In other words, the international community bears responsibility for the tension on the line of contact,” he said.

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