The Latest Armenia-Azerbaijan Flareup Explained

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The two countries fall within the spheres of influence of Russia, Turkey and Iran and have each amassed arsenals of modern weaponry supplied by those nations, as well as the U.S. and Isreal, among others.
48% : In the wake of this latest incident, Armenia appealed to the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and also reached out to Moscow, as well as several other nations, including "the President of France, the President of the Republic of Iran, the U.S. Secretary of State, and the President of the Council of the European Union.""The Minister of Defense had a conversation with his Russian counterpart, and work is being done in these directions to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible," Pashinyan added.
48% : There is some speculation as to whether economic revenue is the primary driver for Israel's ongoing arms transfers to Azerbaijan or if there are other major motives, such as Israel's dependence on oil from Azerbaijan or a shared threat perception towards Iran."Between 2011 and 2021, Belarus accounted for 7.1 percent of Azerbaijan's major arms imports.
46% : Iran, on the border of both nations, considers the region an area of interest as well.Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Iran will not accept any changes in the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia.

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