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    BAKU BLACKMAILS WEST WITH JOINING ANOTHER "BLOC" UNLESS IT PRESSURES ARMENIA
    Marina Ananikyan

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 1, 2012 - 14:50 AMT

    Baku blackmails West with joining another "bloc" unless it pressures
    Armenia

    Azerbaijan, which keeps violating the ceasefire through shelling
    an Armenian village and killing soldiers, has exceeded the limits,
    resorting to its favorite method: blackmail.

    "Azerbaijan may rethink its pro-Western stance and realign with
    "a new bloc" if it doesn't get more support, particularly regarding
    Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Bloomberg Businessweek quoted head of
    foreign relations department of Azerbaijani President's administration
    as saying.

    "The Caspian Sea nation wants Europe and the U.S. to exert pressure
    on Armenia," Novruz Mammadov said.

    According to him, "Azerbaijan has already received a proposal to join
    another political union."

    "We aren't paying attention to those proposals for now. But if it
    continues like this, we may consider it in five to ten years. We're
    expecting help from the West on the Karabakh issue," Mammadov said,
    reminding the "West" that 35% of NATO supplies to Afghanistan is
    implemented through Azerbaijan.

    It only remains to make forecasts over the "new bloc" Azerbaijan may
    join and the West's reaction at Azeri blackmail.

    Meanwhile, Europe and the U.S. are likely to swallow another
    bitter pill from Baku. They are likely to promise the Azerbaijan's
    government to exert pressure on Armenia, while publicly continuing
    the negotiations, hoping that the problem behind Azeri statement will
    somehow "get resolved." However, it is not ruled out that a new war
    may mark the start of Azerbaijan's demise.

    Below is presented chronology of events of the past week.

    On April 25, ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces was
    registered in the north-eastern region of the contact line between
    Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani side opened fire from
    various caliber weapons towards the Armenian positions in village of
    Doveg, Armenia's Tavush province.

    The shelling left the local kindergarten and a GAZ-53 truck damaged.

    The children and staff of the kindergarten were evacuated for security
    purposes. As a result of retaliatory measures by the Armenian armed
    forces, the Azerbaijani side was forced to stop the fire.

    On April 27, 4:15 am local time VAZ 2107 car belonging to an Armenian
    serviceman was shelled on the road to the village of Aygepar in Tavush
    province of Armenia. As a result the driver and two other servicemen
    were wounded, Armenian Defense Ministry's press service reports.

    Despite the measures taken, the two servicemen died on the way to
    military hospital of Berd settlement, with another hospitalized.

    A criminal case has been instigated under Article 104 of RA Criminal
    Code. Investigation is under way.

    On April 30, another Azeri ceasefire violation was recorded in Tavush
    province. Fortunately, it claimed no victims this time.

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