Expert on Azeri threats: no one cancelled Treaty of Gulistan

Expert on Azeri threats: no one cancelled Treaty of Gulistan

July 4, 2013 – 20:26 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – A war in Karabakh would mean a loss of sovereignty
for Baku in a short-term perspective, with a further fragmentation of
the territory, an expert said.

`Most probably, Baku is mulling an option of a war as a distracting
and consolidating element ahead of presidential elections. However,
one hopes for common sense to take the better of President Aliyev and
that he, as a reasonable man, won’t risk destruction of his country
for tactical gain,’ REX quoted Aleksey Martynov as saying.

The expert further refuted the idea that Azerbaijan will be allowed to
fight in Karabakh using Russia-supplied weapon.

`Moscow may lay a claim for Baku, Ganja and Karabakh as Russian lands
passed over by Persia 200 years ago under the Treaty of Gulistan. No
one has cancelled the treaty yet. Maybe that will succeed in cooling
off Baku hotheads who’re spurring Azerbaijan towards a catastrophe,’
the expert said.

From: A. Papazian