This was suggested by speakers during an online, international conference on the “Azerbaijan-Armenia Armed Conflict: Causes and Implications for the Regional Dynamics of South Caucasus”. CGSS Advisory Board’s Senior Member Brig (retired) Akhtar Nawaz Janjua stated that many important lessons can be learnt from this brief war. He added that the Azeri forces have shown commendable strength and courage in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. When Azerbaijan was accepted in the UN, Nagorno-Karabakh was accepted as a part of Azerbaijan and the international community accepted it without any objection, Ismailzade said, but Armenia refused to do so and occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh region which created a refugee crisis. A war followed and Azerbaijan reoccupied its areas up to Shusha and would have occupied the capital had there been no ceasefire agreement.

Source: The Express Tribune November 27, 2020 05:37 UTC