Israel covertly helped Azerbaijan recapture the Nagorno-Karabakh region from autonomous Armenian rule, according to officials and experts interviewed by the Associated Press.
Israel supplied “powerful weaponry” that helped Azerbaijan win a 24-hr lightning offensive against Armenian leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. Azerbaijani military cargo planes flew between an Israeli airbase and an airfield near Nagorno-Karabakh according to flight data and Armenian diplomats. This occurred while Western powers were calling for peace talks between the belligerents.
Turkey also supplied portions of the heavy artillery, rocket launches, and drones used in the conflict. More than 200 Armenians were killed in the attack. Armenian officials in Yerevan were disturbed by the intelligence. They have reportedly been concerned about an Israel-Azerbaijan alliance based on suspicions that Israel has interests in the area south of the Caucasus Mountains.
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“For us, it is a major concern that Israeli weapons have been firing at our people,” Armenia’s Israel ambassador told AP. He has voiced this to Israeli politicians in a series of diplomatic meetings. “I don’t see why Israel should not be in the position to express at least some concern about the fate of people being expelled from their homeland,” he said.
My thoughts on tragic events taking place with Armenians 🇦🇲 in Nagorno-Karabakh. pic.twitter.com/ZzZ5ovVe23
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) September 26, 2023
Israel’s foreign and defense ministries declined to comment about the matter. According to the AP, Israel has a significant stake in Azerbaijan as it is an important oil supplier, a strategic ally against Iran, and big customer of Israeli weaponry.
A six-week conflict in 2020 between the autonomous region and the Azerbaijani government resulted in Azerbaijan regaining control of the surrounding area. Early this September, the ethnically Armenians leaders were forced to surrender to Azerbaijan under a ceasefire brokered by Russia.
About 28,000 Christians, or 23 percent of the region’s population, had crossed the border as of Sept. 26 to flee Azerbaijani rule and possible genocide at the hands of the Islamic regime.
The transfer of power followed a two-day military offensive against the ethnic Armenian leaders who have ruled it for roughly 30 years. Once Azerbaijan ended a 10-month blockade of the route to Armenia, which caused extreme supply shortages, ethnic Armenians began to flee to their native country. In late September, more than 20 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in an explosion at a gas station in the region as thousands of ethnic Armenians were passing through to escape to bordering Armenia.
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