The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict affects US-Azerbaijan relations.
Carnegie Center analyst Peter Stroinski, who was in Armenia and Georgia after the war which Azerbaijan had unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh in early April, told the aforesaid to Voice of America Armenian service.
As per Stroinski, the violence in April shocked the population not because they did not expect a flare in hostilities, but simply because the events did not unroll as expected.
The analyst said he was paying attention to the certain anger that was generated towards Russia, both in terms of supplying weapons to the two conflicting sides as well as the absence of Russia’s expected loud support of the Armenians.
In Stroinski’s, words, even though the Karabakh conflict does not directly affect the United States, it is of the latter’s interests that there will be peace in the region.
US Congressman Adam Schiff, who is also a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has affected relations between the United States and Azerbaijan.
According to Schiff, we have witnessed Azerbaijan’s aggression, and perhaps the most apparent of this aggression is its continuing aggressive demeanor along the Line of Contact.
He added that Azerbaijan’s unwillingness toward the installation of ceasefire control devices along the border line is concerning for the United States.
