Azerbaijan Escalates its Aggression against Armenians

ThestigGT999 · 26 Mar 2022 at 18:28

https://providencemag.com/2022/03/azerbaijan-escalates-aggression-armenians-artsakh/

Russia says Azerbaijan enters Russian peacekeepers' zone in Nagorno-Karabakh

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-azerbaijan-enters-russian-174619224.html

where are the sanctions against Azerbaijan that Russia got?

ThestigGT999 · 27 Mar 2022 at 13:29

StriderX said:
Putting pressure on Russia's ability to support it's 'allies' whilst also reducing the ability to support their invasion is I think strategically sound.

That said it could also potentially be a pretence by Russia and Turkey to justify their actions regarding their respective allies, entrenching their 'spheres of influence' to each other's benefit.

With the state of things right now I'm afraid that it's likely a matter of necessity wrt to what the West can or should do as angering Azerbaijan and Turkey in the midst of an energy crisis seems incredibly unwise.

as you said the timing of events suits Azerbaijan

Sankari said:
Just a second...

Why exactly should we be sanctioning Azerbaijan? Artsakh is their own territory. Sounds like they're just defending it from Russian interference, like Ukraine. If anything, this is a good reason to hit Russia with even more sanctions.

The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh was claimed by both the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia

In the leadup to the fall of the Soviet Union, the region re-emerged as a source of dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In 1991, a referendum held in the NKAO and the neighbouring Shahumyan Province resulted in a declaration of independence.

your source

it seems that Azerbaijan is ones who violated the ceasefire here not just defending themselves

https://www.timesofisrael.com/russi...-breaking-ceasefire-in-conflict-with-armenia/

ThestigGT999 · 27 Mar 2022 at 13:46

Sankari said:
It says Russia claims Azerbaijan broke the ceasefire. And at any rate, the territory belongs to Azerbaijan. This looks like another Russian ploy to carve off a piece of another country.

You still haven't explained why we should sanction Azerbaijan.

For invading obviously

Two killed as Azerbaijan reportedly takes Nagorno-Karabakh village

ThestigGT999 · 27 Mar 2022 at 14:19

dLockers said:
How can they invade their own land?

An Armenian-inhabited village in Nagorno-Karabakh has reportedly been taken over by Azerbaijani troops.

look at the Republic of Artsakh

https://thebluntpost.com/faq-artsakh-a-k-a-nagorno-karabakh-separating-facts-from-fiction/

On December 10, 1991 NK population declared the establishment of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) by plebiscite, which fully complies with both international law norms and the letter and spirit of the USSR laws of that time.