After the recent events in Tavush Province of Armenia, the ceasefire violations are quite higher than average in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Tigran Abrahamyan, head of the Henaket Analytical Center and former security adviser to the Artsakh President, told Armenian News-NEWS.am about this.

Naturally, this transmits tension to the frontline, he added, noting that in the last month and a half, the dynamics of the border tension has been high in Artsakh, too, in terms of the last two years.

According to Abrahamyan, the deadlock in the Karabakh negotiation process was confirmed in the post-Tavush phase, and thus the risks of border tension increased.

And touching upon the possibility of deploying a Turkish military base in Azerbaijan and the respective discussions in Azerbaijan, Tigran Abrahamyan said: "(…) the Azerbaijani political, expert circles are circulating two possible places for the deployment of the military base: in Nakhchivan and in Baku. (…) but even if a [Turkish] military base is not officially deployed [in Azerbaijan], it is obvious that Azerbaijan and Turkey have deepened their military cooperation after the events in Tavush."

According to Tigran Abrahamyan, Turkey seeks to increase its influence and engagement in the region, but this cannot contribute to the establishment of peace and security in the region.