2024-04-01 14:50:00
The relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan “will probably remain tense this year”, the US intelligence community predicts, Turan’s Washington correspondent said.
However, Azerbaijan’s return of Nagorno-Karabakh “has reduced instability and military conflict is likely to be limited.” This is stated in the annual assessment of world threats by the US intelligence community. The document was presented to Congress on Monday by the heads of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Military Intelligence Agency and the US National Security Agency.
“The tension remains due to the absence of a peace agreement, the close deployment of the two armies, the absence of a ceasefire mechanism, and Azerbaijan’s willingness to use military pressure to achieve its goals in negotiations with Armenia. “Taking control of Karabakh and Azerbaijan’s demand for access to the land corridor to Nakhchivan increases the risk of an armed conflict,” the report says.
The congressmen asked intelligence chiefs about threats from Russia, China, conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine, and how artificial intelligence could affect the 2024 US election.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Bill Burns, who recently returned from a trip to Ukraine, said that the US support creates a “real opportunity” to strengthen Ukraine’s strategic success.
Turan