From our special correspondent in Baku
On the Azerbaijani side, access to the military and to the front is extremely restricted, especially for foreign media.
It is to ensure our safety, it is said one day.
The next day, it is so as not to contaminate the soldiers with Covid-19 (you have to be tested every three days).
After long steps, a contact is offered Saturday, but it is necessary to move away from the front to regain Baku, the capital.
And there, good surprise, a general assisted by an officer, agrees to answer all questions frankly.
On condition of anonymity.
The discussion begins on the tactics employed on both sides in this asymmetric conflict.
Azerbaijan is three times as populated and its military budget is double that of Armenia (adding to the latter the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh).
Baku takes revenge after the humiliation of 1994, when Azerbaijan lost control of 20% of its territory.
There is no longer any question
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