Weekly Arguments Moscow-based newspaper reported that the U.S. administration gave Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a carte blanche for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

“Washington will not prevent military operations, in case these are quick. In response, the U.S. will ask Aliyev to use his country’s territory as a platform to attack Iran,” the publication says.

Commenting on the report, director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan said that threatening war is a part of Azerbaijan’s domestic policy and will hardly become a reality.

“I don’t think a carte blanche for war is possible,” he said.