There is no arms race in the Caucasus - expert

One cannot talk about an arms race in the Caucasus, Azerbaijani political analyst Fikret Sadykhov believes.

Azerbaijan is indeed trying to improve its defense system, but that doesn't mean that it's the beginning of a new arms race. It's quite natural for a country that hasn't managed to establish peace treaty with its neighbour for twenty years to be ready to defend its land, Sadykhov says.

Claims that Azerbaijan is turning into a militaristic state are baseless, the expert underlines. 20 per cent of the country's territory is occupied, so of course it has to have a proper army, he adds.

Sadykhov wonders why the world's superpowers don't force Armenia to leave the territory of Karabakh, if they are interested in peace and stability in the region.

Elmira Tariverdiyeva, Baku