Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh. The Smerch system shell holes © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/columnists/20180402/11219983/krichashchaya-tishina-aprelskoj-vojny-v-karabahe-chto-bylo-za-liniej-fronta.html

03 April 2018, 06:23

In Baku, military experts claim risk of resumption of war in Karabakh conflict zone

There is still a risk of the resumption of the war in the Karabakh conflict zone. This opinion has been voiced by military experts in Azerbaijan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Residents of the front-line villages refuse to leave their houses, despite the fear and shelling.

On April 2-5, 2016, there was an aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, and after that the parties announced a ceasefire. However, during the following year, the shelling was not stopped even for a day.

"During two years, there have been no dramatically new changes in the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone and the risk of the resumption of hostilities still remains. It should be noted that in recent months, the intensity of shootings likely reduced," said military expert Azad Isazade.

According to him, "at present, no structures want to solve the Karabakh conflict."

In the course of the past two years, there has been no significant dynamics on the front line, noted Uzeir Jafarov, the head of the NGO "Military Journalists". According to him, the reduction in the intensity of the shelling in recent months does not evidence any improvement.

The expert has noted that Armenia categorically refuses to withdraw its troops from the territories around Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan does not intend to tolerate the loss of its territories, and the Minsk Group "only imitates the peace process." Therefore, the risk of the resumption of hostilities still remains high.

Apart from the threat of shelling, the main problem of residents of the front-line villages is the difficulties with farming, said Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Society for Humanitarian Studies.

Despite the relatively calm situation over the past several months, the atmosphere of the war still stays in the villages, believes Natiq Guliev, a resident of the Gapanly border village in the Terter District.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Faik Medjid Source: CK correspondent

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