Military Spending Fuels Tension Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Azerbaijan is sending conflicting signals about its readiness for peace in the wake of the announcement that an Armenian-Azerbaijani treaty is ready for signing. Since the two states finalized the treaty text on March 13, talk in Azerbaijan has been far more about war than peace. On the same day that Armenia disclosed the treaty text had been finalized, Caliber.az, a news outlet closely aligned by the Azerbaijani government, published a commentary accusing Yerevan of preparing to launch a military offensive. “A new war with Azerbaijan, ……