Andrey Serenko: The main reason for Islamabad`s involvement in the  Karabakh game lies in the special Pakistani-Turkish relations

ArmInfo.By providing Baku with political support on Karabakh, Islamabad in return receives Azerbaijan's support on the "Kashmir issue", which remains the main irritant in  its relations with India. This is stated in today's article of the  "Kommersant" newspaper "In Karabakh because of the Hindu Kush".

The newspaper refers to the words of Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah  Mahmoud Qureshi that Islamabad appreciates Azerbaijan's support to  Pakistan in the dispute over Jammu and Kashmir at various  international forums, including the contact group of the Organization  of Islamic Cooperation on Jammu and Kashmir. In addition to the  platform of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, mentioned by the  Pakistani minister, discussing the "Kashmir issue", Islamabad counts  on the assistance of the Non-Aligned Movement, which unites more than  130 states, and is now chaired by Azerbaijan.

It is noted that the Karabakh conflict leads to the accelerated  formation of the Baku-Ankara-Islamabad triangle, the participants of  which talk about the "brotherly relations" that bind them.  "The main  reason for Islamabad's involvement in the Karabakh game lies in the  special Pakistani-Turkish relations. The top of the Pakistani army  has always cherished the alliance with Ankara. And so much so that  not a single top political leader of Pakistan, since the collapse of  the USSR in 1991, has not recognized the independence of Armenia -  there are still no diplomatic relations between Islamabad and  Yerevan, "Andrei Serenko, head of the Center for the Study of Afghan  Politics, reminded Kommersant.

"Recently, information has appeared about recruiting militants in  Pakistan to participate in the Karabakh conflict - this is another  gesture of the Pakistani military towards its Turkish ally. The  Karabakh issue itself is of little interest to Islamabad. All this is  important for him, first of all, in close connection with the  interests of Turkey - to strengthen the strategic partnership of the  two largest Sunni authoritarian republics.  At the same time, the  Pakistani army and special services are not acting officially, but in  the way they are accustomed to during many years of conducting hybrid  wars against Afghanistan and India, using a network of terrorist  organizations controlled by the Pakistani Interdepartmental  Intelligence Service such as Jamaat-i-Islami, Jaish-e-Muhammad ","  Al-Badr "(all are banned in the Russian Federation), their madrassas,  mosques and recruiting infrastructure," Mr. Serenko continued.

According to informed sources of Kommersant in Peshawar, Pakistan,  "at least one batch of militants with weapons and ammunition has  already been sent to Karabakh a few weeks ago."

"The current close partnership of Turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan in  the Karabakh war may be the beginning of a new long-term geopolitical  alliance focused on supporting Ankara's neo-Ottoman ambitions.  The  Karabakh exacerbation was only a catalyst for the launch of this  super-project>, Andrey Serenko summed up.