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ALEX JACKSON: TENSION ON CONTACT LINE MAY BE DUE TO DESIRE OF NEW DEFENSE MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN ESTABLISHING IN THE OFFICE
18:07 28/01/2014 >> REGION
"New Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov is not a military man,
however, tends to prove his compliance to the new post," said Alex
Jackson, an independent expert on Caspian regional issues, editor of
Caucasian Review of International Affairs.
The upsurge in violence is most likely connected with the Paris talks
held between Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs, Jackson believes. However
it is not the only possible reason.
According to him this could be related to the recent personnel
turnovers in the Azerbaijani military leadership. The expert noted
that Zakir Hasanov is not a military man; he's an internal affairs
apparatchik.
"Perhaps demonstrating the armed forces' combat readiness is a good
way to prove his credentials to Aliyev," the expert notes.
Besides, he doesn't have sufficient control yet over the armed
forces, and frontline commanders are escalating things beyond their
authorization.
Source: Panorama.am
18:07 28/01/2014 >> REGION
"New Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov is not a military man,
however, tends to prove his compliance to the new post," said Alex
Jackson, an independent expert on Caspian regional issues, editor of
Caucasian Review of International Affairs.
The upsurge in violence is most likely connected with the Paris talks
held between Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs, Jackson believes. However
it is not the only possible reason.
According to him this could be related to the recent personnel
turnovers in the Azerbaijani military leadership. The expert noted
that Zakir Hasanov is not a military man; he's an internal affairs
apparatchik.
"Perhaps demonstrating the armed forces' combat readiness is a good
way to prove his credentials to Aliyev," the expert notes.
Besides, he doesn't have sufficient control yet over the armed
forces, and frontline commanders are escalating things beyond their
authorization.
Source: Panorama.am