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.