Azerbaijan has resumed war, Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia explicit about it – Modest Kolerov

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attempted a swift military victory, which failed, Russia-based political analyst Modest Kolerov told Tert.am as he commented on the fighting on the Line of Contact.

According to him, Azerbaijan launched this offensive as it did not get aid from the United States, which is for involving Nagorno-Karabakh as negotiator in the peace process.

Mr Kolerov, severe fighting along the Line of Contact has continued for two days, which has claimed human lives on both the sides – Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. What do you think of the reasons for Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive?

The reason is that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is dissatisfied with the present prospects for a settlement of the conflict. They are obviously leading to Nagorno-Karabakh’s involvement in the peace process as negotiator. Aliyev was seeking US support, but failed because the United States is for involving Nagorno-Karabakh as negotiator in the peace process. Moreover, Turkish President Recep Erdogan used Aliyev as a tool to open a new “front” against Russian interests, and Aliyev is helping him.

Aliyev attempted a swift military victory, which failed. So now that the entire world can see Azerbaijan has resumed war, which was explicitly stated by the Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia, their attack obviously fizzled out. And Azerbaijan will hardly be able to change the situation. This is the reason for the propaganda statements on Azerbaijan’s ‘unilateral ceasefire,’ which should not be trusted. Hostilities are actually going on.