This thread is dedicated to the next armed conflict/#war #Azerbaijan vs #Armenia. You heard it here 1st folks. The #EU is silent on Azerbaijan aggression to Armenia to appease #Turkey who by the way is making ground in #Libya. Will #Moscow back Armenia?
reuters.com/article/us-arm…
PM of Armenia
Pakistan stands with the brotherly nation of Azerbaijan and supports its right of self-defence. We support Azerbaijan’s position on Nagorno-Karabakh.
mofa.gov.pk/renewed-tensio…
A reminder that pipelines shipping Caspian oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan to the world pass close to Nagorno-Karabakh. More updates in this thread.
A basic very broad introduction for the above thread on Nagorno-Karabakh - Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict.
Turkey’s full-throttled support for Azerbaijan during recent hostilities with Armenia reflects a larger drive by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to assert his country’s influence in its sprawling neighborhood.
eurasianet.org/turkey-takes-a…
Azerbaijan launched what it described as a "counteroffensive," while the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijani forces of opening fire against civilians and civilian infrastructure in its capital of Stepanakert.
sputniknews.com/world/20200927…
Follow the above thread for updates.
Vocal supporters of Azerbaijan
Turkey
Vocal supporters of Armenia
Egypt
Republic of Cyprus
Calls for peace
Egypt
Russia
Iran
France
The European Union
Germany
The Vatican
Netherlands
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman voiced the country’s readiness to contribute to a ceasefire between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia as fighting flared between the two neighbors of Iran.
tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/0…
Pakistan has become a vocal supporter of Azerbaijan.
mofa.gov.pk/renewed-tensio…
The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline is operated by SOCAR. SGC holds 58% stake in the project. Turkey's pipeline operator BOTAŞ own 30%, while BP acquired 12% in the project.
Turkey is in full breach of NATO policy.
Russia, NATO, the European Union and the OSCE called on both sides to halt fighting over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey backed its ally Azerbaijan and said it was ready to offer assistance.
msn.com/en-us/news/wor…
Developers of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the final segment of the Southern Gas Corridor, announced last week that the project is almost 98 percent complete. Connected to TANAP. See above thread.
caspiannews.com/news-detail/az…
Turkey’s “support” in preparing for the war was significant. In the last few days the Fact Investigation Platform noticed an unusual activation of flights between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Israel, the main supplier of military equipment to these countries.
fip.am/en/12888
Released by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, the moments when an Armenian ammunition depot was hit.
More updates provided at the above thread. #Armenia vs #Azerbaijan
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), will transport gas from #Azerbaijan to #Europe via (TANAP) The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline which runs through Turkey from Azerbaijan. #Turkey wasn't invited to #Israel/#Egypt East #Mediterranean #Gas Forum.
timesofisrael.com/mistake-to-lea…
TAP shareholders include BP (20 percent), SOCAR (20 percent), Snam S.p.A. (20 percent), Fluxys (19 percent), Enagás (16 percent) and Axpo (5 percent). Gas will be supplied across the Adriatic Sea to Italy via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
sea-news.az/2020/09/03/tes…
EAPC pipeline? #Oil shipping which can't fit through the #Suez Canal from producers in #Azerbaijan, would be able to offload at Ashkelon on #Israel's Mediterranean coast. Then, the oil could be pumped to Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba for transport to #China.
middleeasteye.net/news/israel-ua…
More than a quarter of #Turkey’s long-term gas contracts expire next year, including imports via pipeline from #Russia’s Gazprom and #Azerbaijan’s SOCAR and a liquefied natural #gas (LNG) deal with #Nigeria.
uk.reuters.com/article/us-tur…
Correction: Route for natural #gas From Azerbaijan to #Europe.
*The South #Caucasus Pipeline - #Azerbaijan to #Turkey.
*The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) - Across Turkey to Turkish/Greek Border.
*Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) - #Greece to #Adriatic Sea to #Italy.
Jan 2020 Greece, Cyprus, and Israel have signed an agreement to construct 1,900-kilometer undersea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe & potentially help the continent reduce its dependency on Russia for energy supplies.
rferl.org/a/greece-cypru…
Choose a pipeline, war, expand and claim lands!
1. #Azerbaijan – Novorossiysk, #Russia Oil pipeline.
2. #Turkmenistan - #Azerbaijan proposed Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline
3. #Azerbaijan - #Georgia Baku–Supsa Oil Pipeline
4. #Azerbaijan - #Turkey South Caucasus Gas Pipeline
Armenian government declared a state of war and general mobilization in the country due to the Karabakh events that transpired this morning.
almasdarnews.com/article/armeni…
-Nagorno-Karabakh: The Bone of Contention
-Armenian Conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh 1994
-Post-1994 Clashes and the Current Status of the Conflict
militaryhistorytv.com/armenia-azerba…
The United States believes participation in the escalating violence by external parties would be deeply unhelpful and only exacerbate regional tensions.
state.gov/escalation-of-…
Follow more updates at main thread.
Follow more updates at main thread.
Some further historical information.
#Turkey is sending #Syrian rebel fighters to support #Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring #Armenia, two Syrian rebels have said, as #Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majority-#Muslim ally.
reuters.com/article/us-arm…
Regional powers including #Russia, #Turkey and #Iran are invested in the south Caucasus to varying degrees. If the fighting is left to fester, “you could have a process of sleepwalking, as you did in the first world #war, into a larger regional conflict,”
msn.com/en-au/news/wor…
#Armenia is ready to request additional military assistance from #Russia but sees no reason to do it at the moment, Armenian Ambassador to #Moscow Vardan Toganyan told the Govorit Moskva radio station.
tass.com/world/1205929
Serbia defended the private weapons sale as legal, but President Vucic later described the deal as a “wrong decision”. Azerbaijan is an important ally for Serbia, as Baku backs Belgrade’s refusal to accept the independence of its former province Kosovo.
aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/0…
“Saudi Arabia also urges the two parties to cease fire and resolve the conflict peacefully in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions,” the statement added.
saudigazette.com.sa/article/598543
Reports began emerging last week that #Turkey was transferring #terrorists from northern #Syria to #Azerbaijan.
greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/29/tur…
Escalation can lead to regional powers backing sides. #NATO's #Turkey and #Pakistan has already backed #Azerbaijan. They seem to forget the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of which #Russia and #Armenia are partners.
en.odkb-csto.org
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