Military expert says Azerbaijan may start military action on 3 fronts

Azerbaijani military expert Jasur Sumerenli says many more local skirmishes will occur on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armies this year. He was commenting on increasing number of ceasefire violations on the contact line as of late.

The expert added that, however, he believes local clashes are less likely to flare into large-scale hostilities.
 
"Armenia is in a panic from Azerbaijan’s growing military budget which this year reached nearly 3.5 billion dollars. Significant part of this amount will be used to purchase modern military equipment abroad. Azerbaijan is making no secret of it, as a part of the country is under military occupation, and we must consider all options for de-occupation of our lands,” the military expert noted.
 
He noted that in terms of theoretical possibility of a resumption of hostilities, it is considered by many military experts that Azerbaijan can achieve quick success launching military action on three fronts: lower Fuzuli, Agdam and the Mount Murovdag.

"In this regard, we must also consider countermeasures that Armenia can take. The most likely directions for them are Nakhchivan and Gazakh. I think they will try to stop the advance of Azerbaijan by military operations in these areas. Besides, I think that Armenia can do some provocation in a bid to implement its military agreement with Moscow so that Russia would intervene in the war.

“I would like to reiterate that this is only a theoretical scenario of a new war in Karabakh. In fact, I do not think we will see full-scale military action to resume in the short term," Sumerenli underscored.


/Day.Az/