After the article "The United Group of Forces in the Caucasus. Prospects and Goals", some especially zealous "peacekeepers" from this region began to actively "spit saliva" in my direction. This is understandable. The conflict is in such a phase that today it is no longer possible to find someone to blame for the deaths on both sides. Both Baku and Yerevan have their own truth. Moreover, this is precisely the truth, not the "truth." Armenians and Azerbaijanis are right. Right in their own way. Simply because the death of a soldier, the death of a civilian, the death of a child gives a person the right to this truth.
I don't want to open up a wound that is more than 10,500 days old today. Therefore, the article was primarily about the need to create a grouping precisely in order to prevent another "small war" in the region. I analyzed the need to create a grouping for the Russian Federation. But the activity of readers, especially from Baku, simply forces us to continue the topic.
So, in the previous article I casually touched upon the April battles in Karabakh. And also the interpretation of the results of these battles by some Baku politicians. I did not write about the official position of the President of Azerbaijan on this issue, but, apparently, in vain. Well, the mistake needs to be corrected.
A week ago, President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with cadets of military educational institutions of Azerbaijan from the Fizuli region. Some of the participants in this meeting were directly involved in hostilities. Therefore, no one expected "politeses" from the president. And Ilham Aliyev himself is not very inclined towards them.
What interesting did the President of Azerbaijan say? To put it simply, then only that Azerbaijan "will put an end to the occupation of its lands, and there is every reason for this: the Azerbaijani army is among the strongest armies in the world, its material and technical support is at the highest level, its combat capability is growing, and professionalism is increasing."
As you can see, dear "peacemakers", I am right, not you. Baku is not going to abandon a military solution to the problem. Moreover, the leadership of Azerbaijan sees such a decision as the only correct one.
“In April, Armenia committed another armed provocation against our state, our people. The heroic Azerbaijani army - soldiers and officers of our people - responded to this provocation with dignity. Azerbaijan. The operation to clear the Leletepe heights in the Fizuli region from the invaders is our glorious history … Today we are capable of destroying any enemy object. The April battles once again demonstrated the power of our army."
I repeat, who is right and who is to blame for this conflict, today it is already difficult to understand. And is it really necessary? The main task today is different. The main thing today is to prevent another massacre. Aliyev is right that today the Azerbaijani army is a real force. And in training, and in weapons. Indeed, the reform of the army has been carried out by Baku since 1994. And it is being carried out successfully.
But … The Armenian army, albeit not so much, but also knows how and has. The cadres of the Armenian army are also trained professionally. Armament is also being purchased. What will this lead to?
The conflict, if allowed, will be even more bloody. More mothers will mourn their sons. At both sides. The common people will have even more hatred towards the opposite side. And who will benefit from this?
The people of Azerbaijan? The people of Armenia? Russia? USA? The Martians, finally? No one!
The only side that would very much like to have such a conflict in the Caucasus are terrorist organizations that are frantically looking for ways out of Syria and Iraq. They need "peaceful bases" in places where Russian or American aircraft cannot reach them.
Thus, I returned to the idea that I wrote about in the previous article. The new group will become the line of defense not only for Russia, but for the entire Caucasus. Including both states, which are "on standby" today. A thin world is better than a good war. A diplomatic victory is no less a victory than a military one.
Ilham Aliyev calls the victory in the April battles historic. I completely agree with this interpretation. History is written by the people and for the people. For Azerbaijan, for the history of Azerbaijanis, victory will always remain a victory. And those 2,000 hectares of land that the soldiers "returned" are probably worth such losses and such costs. From the point of view of victory.
And from the point of view of common sense? 2000 hectares of land in Fizuli, Jabrayil and Agderin regions against the officially recognized 31 dead? And according to the Armenian intelligence, this number rises to 94 … In four days of fighting. Isn't it too high a price for the world's not most populated states? For not the most fertile land in the region?
Russia is often reproached for the fact that during our "separate" existence we have learned to "freeze" conflicts in the territories of the former Soviet republics. We, allegedly, do not allow the peoples to independently resolve their problems. Central Asia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia. This is not a complete list of countries where Russia "prevented the decision." Where Russia stopped the real massacre. A war of all against all.
Decide! Each nation must solve its own problems. Decide, and not pour the blood of their own fellow citizens. As it happens today in Ukraine.
