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By Trend

Armenia is resorting to attacks on Azerbaijani cities outside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, because it is trying to internationalize the war by getting Azerbaijan to do the same and attack Armenia cities, Glen E. Howard, President of the Jamestown Foundation, told Trend.

“Armenia is using these missile strikes as a form of asymmetric warfare to fight back against Baku due to Azerbaijani military successes on the battlefield. Armenia is out-gunned and outmanned by Azerbaijan. The missile attacks on the second largest city of Ganja is an effort to force Azerbaijan to do something similar by retaliating against Armenian cities in order to attract Western attention. Armenia seeks to internationalize the conflict which it sees as its best hope to stop Azerbaijani military advances without giving concession at the peace table on Karabakh. I think Armenian officials are being reckless in this type of approach to warfare. I see it as an act of desperation by Yerevan,” he said.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27.