2024-06-19 17:47:08
Writer: Elchin Alioglu
Supply: Development
France signed an settlement with Yerevan on the sale of “Caesar-155” self-propelled artillery items to Armenia. The Minister of Protection of France, Sebastien Lecorneau, mentioned this.
“We proceed to strengthen our relationships with Armenia within the subject of protection. The brand new vital stage is the sale of “Caesar” howitzers,” S. Lecornyu wrote in his account on the X social community.
No detailed data is given in regards to the settlement signed in the course of the official go to of Armenian Protection Minister Suren Papikyan to Paris.
In the meantime, plenty of French politicians, state and public figures addressed an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron and urged him to ship a peacekeeping contingent to Armenia.
The letter was signed by the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, former French overseas minister Bernard Kushner and different well-known individuals.
Among the many signatories of the letter are the chairman of the Republican Social gathering Eric Ciotti, the member of the European Parliament François-Xavier Bellamy, the chairmen of the regional legislative assemblies Valéry Pécres (Île-de-France), Xavier Bertrand (Eau-de-France), Loren Vasquez (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Good, representatives of Greek (together with Cypriot) and Kurdish organizations in France, in addition to journalists, writers and historians.
The final talks between Sebastien Lecornu and Suren Papikyan have been held in February of this 12 months. Throughout these negotiations, the Minister of Protection of France acknowledged that “if vital”, Paris is able to present Armenia with small, medium and long-range air protection missiles.
It’s clear that French President Emmanuel Macron intends to shortly arm the remnants of the Armenian armed forces.
On the similar time, he aspires to make use of Armenia as a platform to successfully affect the processes within the South Caucasus. Amongst its fundamental geostrategic targets is to ship troops to Armenia.
E. Macron, realizing that he won’t be able to supply even a minimal a part of Paris’s plans in our area by the tragicomic establishment referred to as European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMA), needs to ship a army contingent to place stress on Azerbaijan.
The joint open letter of plenty of French politicians and public figures, writers, in addition to the Greek, Cypriot and Kurdish communities is definitely an try and form public opinion with an “mental initiative” to deploy a army contingent to the area by Armenia.
As acknowledged by the official Paris, the intention is to not present “full and complete help to Armenia”, to patronize Armenians, however to proceed its neo-colonialist coverage within the South Caucasus by turning Armenia into its subsequent colony.
At a time when direct, unmediated negotiations on the demarcation and delimitation of the conditional state border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the signing of the ultimate peace settlement, the restoration of regional communications and the opening of recent logistics routes are being performed, the coverage pursued by France is an apparent provocation and a need to inflict a heavy blow on the peace course of.
Manifestations of the official coverage of hostility in opposition to our nation by official Paris have reached such a degree that the Ministry of Protection of Azerbaijan issued a particular assertion and emphasised that the accountability for all this disruptive exercise rests with the management of France and Armenia.
For the reason that assertion is especially vital, we current it: “Regardless of the warning from the Azerbaijani aspect, France’s provision of deadly and offensive artillery items and different sorts of weapons to Armenia is one other proof of France’s provocative actions within the South Caucasus area.
Though the French Ministry of Protection claimed in its assertion in October final 12 months that the army tools provided to Armenia was of a defensive nature, supplying Armenia with deadly weapons with the present army deal is one other manifestation of the hypocrisy of the French management.
The Macron regime, which pursues a coverage of militarization and geopolitical intrigue within the South Caucasus area, is an impediment to the normalization between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the availability of sustainable peace within the area. As a consequence of its damaging and biased coverage, the present management of France, which is disregarded of the normalization and regional processes, can not forgive this to Azerbaijan and subsequently continues its damaging coverage.
Armenia is a state that dedicated army aggression and occupation in opposition to Azerbaijan. The rearmament of Armenia, which has the expertise of committing bloody army aggression by France, a everlasting member of the UN Safety Council, and the help of the Armenian management’s coverage of revanchism, is a path resulting in a brand new struggle in addition to political irresponsibility.
As a colonial empire, France has traditionally had an abhorrent monitor file of making hotbeds of struggle and battle in varied components of the world. The processes going down in New Caledonia and different abroad colonial territories, the exploitation of indigenous peoples, the plundering of their pure sources, the altering of the demographic composition of these territories on account of racist insurance policies, and the suppression of protests by blood and gun violence are indicators of the true nature of the Macron regime. As a substitute of fixing such deep-rooted issues and placing an finish to neo-colonialism, which is a remnant of a shameful colonial legacy, France is conducting a unclean propaganda and disinformation marketing campaign in opposition to Azerbaijan.
We declare that the accountability for the escalation of the state of affairs within the South Caucasus area and the creation of a brand new hotbed of struggle shall be absolutely borne by the management of Armenia, which pursues a revanchist coverage, and the Macron dictatorship.”
So the sacramental “What is going on on?” the query sounds. Let’s attempt to reply the query.
Based on the data we acquired, France will give Armenia 1 division, i.e. 16 “Caesar” howitzers.
“Caesar” howitzer with a caliber of 155 m can hit targets at a distance of 40 km. France additionally despatched a few of these howitzers to Ukraine.
Though the 155 mm “Caesar” howitzers produced by the French army concern “Nexter” have excessive accuracy and speedy firing capabilities, they turn out to be a straightforward goal on the battlefield on account of their massive measurement.
France gave Ukraine 14 “Caesars”, however the Ukrainian army makes use of these howitzers very reluctantly. Extra exactly, they fight to not deliver “Caesars” close to the entrance line in any respect.
The Russian army simply destroys these howitzers with Lancets, a easy kamikaze anti-aircraft missile.
For the reason that dimensions of the howitzer in query are massive, its location is set in a really quick time.
Not like the US-made M777 howitzer, the Caesar can’t be protected by an anti-drone cage, and subsequently the French anti-aircraft missile system turns into a straightforward goal for kamikaze drones.
Along with all this, “Caesar” is just not appropriate for extreme fight circumstances, because it requires very critical upkeep and repair. Since vital components of the howitzer get soiled shortly, cleansing procedures should be carried out commonly.
“Caesars” was on the three-axle “Renault Sherpa 5” automobile, now the Czech-made “Tatra T815” is used. Though the howitzer was praised, the howitzers bought by France to Denmark have been returned on account of quite a few technical faults and defects.
France additionally gave these faulty howitzers to Ukraine.
It’s emphasised that the “Caesars” to be despatched to Armenia are additionally faulty.
Along with quickly arming Armenia, France additionally controls Yerevan’s place within the peace negotiations. Nikol Pashinyan’s assertion, which talks in regards to the “necessity of holding a referendum” with a purpose to proceed the method of demarcation and delimitation of the conditional state border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, that’s, to liberate the 4 villages which might be nonetheless underneath Armenian occupation, is just not, as he mentioned, “within the pursuits of the Armenian individuals”.
Pashinyan made this assertion on the direct directions of Paris.
The aim of Paris is to create rigidity within the South Caucasus, to stimulate the processes that can result in a brand new struggle state of affairs, to forestall the belief of large-scale financial initiatives within the area and, most significantly, to forestall the conclusion of a peace settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
On this regard, it’s no coincidence that members of the Ministry of Protection of Armenia fired at our positions in Nakhchivan. Appearing in response to the directions of Paris, Irevan expects that Baku’s endurance will run out, that the Azerbaijani Military will swap from correct retaliatory strikes to the creation of a safety zone alongside our standard state borders with Armenia. If this occurs, Paris instantly accuses Azerbaijan of “aggression in opposition to Armenians” and hopes to ship its army contingent to Armenia.
That is evidenced by the settlement signed between Paris and Yerevan on the sale of “Caesar” self-propelled artillery items. The howitzers in query should not defensive, however offensive weapons.
The Paris situation is primitive: Armenia ought to first aggressively demand from Russia that “its safety be absolutely ensured” throughout the framework of the CSTO. After all, Moscow will reject this request of Yerevan with full logic after which accuse Nikol Pashinyan of Moscow of “collusion with Baku” and demand the withdrawal of Russia’s 102nd army base from Armenia, declaring that Armenia has left the ranks of the CSTO.
And he’ll instantly flip to “true allies” for assist.
France’s need to ship army personnel to Armenia and switch the nation into its new colony doesn’t hassle Nikol Pashinyan in any respect.
Pashinyan, who has a really cool relationship with the Armenian generals, understands that if the depth and scale of protests within the nation enhance, in the event that they take a radical kind, he won’t be able to depend on the help of the army.
Nikol Pashinyan doesn’t rule out counting on the French army within the worst case situation for him.
Even when Armenia turns into fully depending on France, like plenty of nations in Africa…