Azerbaijan plans a full -scale war against Armenia - Prime Minister Pashinyan

According to the Armenian Prime Minister, Baku plans hostilities on the common border to turn escalation into a full -scale war against Yerevan. On Thursday, February 15, Armenian Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan said before the meeting of the government of the country that the latest events and statements of the Azerbaijani side may testify to its preparation for military escalation. Pashinyan's transcript was published by the Government's press service.

Under the latest events, Armenian Prime Minister referred to a shooting on one of the border areas with Azerbaijan on the night of February 13. Then the official Baku and Yerevan exchanged accusations. The Azerbaijani media claimed that the first opened the fire of Armenia and the military serviceman of the Azerbaijan armed forces was injured. According to Pashinyan, "four Armenian soldiers were killed in the performance of combat duty".

"The description of events shows that the intentions of Azerbaijan remain unchanged: to conduct a policy of military coercion against the Republic of Armenia. way, "he said. The Prime Minister of Armenia says at what distance from the border the troops of both countries should be. According to Yerevan, Baku avoid decisions" by some formula. " and start its implementation. The second option is to divide the border into parts and do delimitation by parts.

And, in fact, both options within the above principles are acceptable to us. However, Azerbaijan seems to avoid this option, and our analysis shows that this may be one reason, and this reason may be, for example, the beginning of hostilities in some areas of the border with the prospect of transformation of military escalation of conflict into a full -scale war against the Republic of Armenia ",-said Pashinyan.