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Lev Spivak: Karabakh must be returned

28 July 2017 [13:40] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

The Armenian armed forces daily carry out provocations on the frontline with Azerbaijan, thus proving that the Armenian leadership continues its aggressive policy against the neighboring country.

Some days ago, the Armenian armed forces once again used a combat drone on the line of contact of the troops, in the territory of Azerbaijan's Tartar region. Today, the aggressors continue to violate the ceasefire by carrying out provocations through the use of heavy weapons along the contact line and the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border. The Armenian armed forces deliberately shell not only the Azerbaijani armed forces, but also the civilians and civilian facilities in frontline areas.

 Lev Spivak, the director general of the Israel-Azerbaijan International Association, told Day.az that the provocative actions of the Armenian armed forces show that the leadership of this country is not interested in a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the resumption of the negotiating process.

The Israeli political scientist believes that in the face of the Armenian authorities' unpreparedness for peace, an end to the Armenian aggression can be put through only one way – by force.

“I am deeply convinced that there is only one way of ending this long-standing conflict – by military intervention. The occupied lands should be returned by force,” Spivak said. “Roughly speaking, we will get nothing while we expect that they will return them [lands].”

The expert also added that even if some authorities, international bodies or organizations will again adopt decisions and resolutions calling on Armenia to return the Azerbaijani territories, there is no guarantee that the Armenians will fulfill them. Four such resolutions of the UN Security Council, as well as of other international organizations still remain unfulfilled by Armenia.

“To my deepest regret, I do not believe that there is a peaceful way to resolve the Karabakh conflict in conditions when Armenia shows the opposite, trying to maintain the status quo,” said Spivak.

The expert also assumed that the existing status quo is in the interests of not only Armenians, but also Russia and the U.S. – the countries responsible for the peace progress in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia still controls fifth part of Azerbaijan's territory and rejects implementing four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

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