Страны не должны продавать оружие, которое можно использовать в будущей карабахской войне.

На прошлой неделе британский министр по делам Европы Дэвид Лидингтон, объявил парламенту, что британское правительство будет продолжать применять эмбарго ОБСЕ на поставку военного оборудования для военных, полиции и сил безопасности и связанных с ней правительственных компаний, где это оборудование может быть использовано в нагорно-Карабахском регионе, или на сухопутной границе между Азербайджаном и Арменией.

В своем заявлении министр сказал:

Южный Кавказ является областью стратегического значения для Великобритании. В партнерстве с Арменией и Азербайджаном Великобритания продолжает работать ради мира, безопасности и взаимопонимания в регионе. В 2012-13 годы Великобритания потратила 1,245 млн. фунтов стерлингов на проекты по укреплению мира между Азербайджаном и Арменией. По Нагорному Карабаху мы профинансировали ряд проектов, направленных на укрепление вероятности мирного урегулирования конфликта, работая с гражданским обществом в Армении, Азербайджане и Нагорном Карабахе. Мы решительно поддерживаем работу Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в (ОБСЕ) Минской группы по поиску мирного и долгосрочного разрешения нагорно-карабахского конфликта. Именно по этой причине Великобритания продолжает придерживаться эмбарго на поставки военного оборудования для сил, вовлеченных в конфликт вокруг Нагорного Карабаха в соответствии с решением декларации Совещания по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе от 1992 года.

Решение было позитивно воспринято всеми теми, кто хотел бы видеть быстрое и мирное решение нагорно-карабахского конфликта. Постановление Британского правительства резко контрастирует с нынешней политикой российского правительства, которое наводнила регион оружием. Оно поставляется в Армению в рамках военного договора, через которые Россия поддерживает военные базы на территории Армении, и в Азербайджан в рамках  коммерческих контрактов. Только несколько дней назад было объявлено, что Россия поставит большое количество ударных вертолетов в Азербайджан в рамках контракта. В 2010 году Азербайджан и Россия подписали соглашение, по которому российская сторона согласилась поставить в Азербайджан 24 вертолета Ми-35М и 40 едениц Ми-8, Ми-17 и Mi17V1. 

Политический редактор Commonspace.eu в комментарии сообщает:

Каждая страна имеет законное право на самооборону, а покупка оружия для самообороны в открытой и прозрачной манере часто неизбежно. Однако, эмбарго на поставки оружия, которое было введено в разгар нагорно-карабахского конфликта в начале 1990-х годов по продаже оружия, которое можно было использовать в этом конфликте остается актуальным. Международное сообщество не очень хочет увидеть еще один конфликт в регионе. Если конфликт снова вспыхнет в крупных масштабах между Арменией и Азербайджаном, то число жертв в этот раз будет очень высоким, впрочем, весь регион будет в огне. Поэтому, стороны нужно поддерживать в поисках мирного решения конфликта, а не вооружать их в рамках подготовки к возобновлению боевых действий. Россия, как сопредседатель Минского процесса ОБСЕ противоречит сама себе, когда говорит о мире, и в то же время утопляет регион в оружии. 

Источник: commonspace.eu 

фото: ВВС Российский штурмовой вертолет, похожий на те десятки недавно проданных Азербайджану. Россия также поставляет оружие в Армению.

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