Armenian attacks on Azerbaijan’s pipelines threaten Europe’s energy supply
and if it were to become inoperational, it would cause significant disruption to countries that rely on Azerbaijan for their energy needs.of its annual oil consumption.
Israel and Azerbaijan, over the last few decades, have become increasingly close allies. Tel Aviv has supplied Baku with a significant amount of weapons including drones, which Azerbaijan isBetween 2015 to 2019, a total of 60 percent of Azerbaijan’s arms imports came from Israel, and 31 percent from Russia,to the Stockholm National Peace Institute. Almost all of Armenia’s arms imports came from Russia during that same period.
The Armenian-backed self-declared Republic of Artsakh controls the Karabakh region, which is internationally recognised as Azerbaijan's territory. Crucially, Israel may well be engaged in lobbying efforts to shore up the Azerbaijan narrative in western capitals as it seeks to protect its energy and weapons sale interests in the country.
In threatening to attack a vital strategic pipeline, Armenia is attempting to draw in outside powers to pressure Azerbaijan into a ceasefire and a continuation of the status quo.
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