It Is Not Excluded That Azerbaijani Special Services Will Organize Provocations Resulting in the Death of 1-2 Azerbaijani 'Ecologists': Former Deputy Minister of Defense

The former Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, Artak Zakaryan, wrote on his Facebook page: ‘With the ‘ecological’ operation, some countries are holding the barrel of the Azerbaijani gun to Russia’s face. The tensions are not just at the Armenian-Azerbaijani level, but they have a global aspect as well. In terms of physical safety, we Armenians find ourselves in a trap, and in terms of geopolitical aspects, so do the Russians. Whether there will be gunfire depends on the patience of the Armenian and Russian sides.

Since the environmental demands are a fiction and their purpose is entirely different, Azerbaijan is in no rush to open the corridor. The ‘ecological’ operation will drag on as long as the Turks haven't ripped the so-called ‘Zangezur corridor’ commitment from Nikol or the Russians haven’t resorted to the use of force.

The closed Lachin corridor is a lifeline not just for Artsakh but also for the Russian peacekeeping mission. It cannot remain closed, as it also pertains to the international reputation and dignity of the Russian state. Therefore, under a foreign scenario, the ‘Azerbaijani gun pointed at the face of the Russian Federation’—that is, the closed road—either must be opened by force, or that gun will ‘fire’.

It is not excluded that Azerbaijani special services may orchestrate provocations, resulting in the death of one or two Azerbaijani ‘ecologists’. In that case, a pure Armenian-speaking Azerbaijani ‘ecologist’—a soldier—will directly announce live on air that supposedly a peacekeeper dressed in Russian uniform, who is ‘of Armenian nationality’ (which does not exist), provoked and killed an Azerbaijani ‘ecologist’ conducting a peaceful protest.

This scenario will provide a brilliant opportunity for the international Western community to question the Russian peacekeeping mission, while Azerbaijan may gain legitimate rights for military clashes. The period of nerves, conspiracies, multifunctional traps, psychological pressures, and political deceits has long begun. Azerbaijan is in a hurry to tear off the maximum while the Russo-Ukrainian war remains unresolved, and Nikol hasn’t been replaced.

Additionally, elections are taking place in Turkey next year, where the Azerbaijani card will certainly be played, as well as Erdoğan’s conquests to solidify Turkey’s position at Armenia's expense and push towards Central Asia.

Today: occupied territories, roads that are opening and closing; tomorrow: disrupted gas pipelines, damaged electricity supply, controlled communication and transport links, managed water resources and transport hubs, new occupations, and so on.’