Ancient hatred is very relevant. If Azeris were not so prone to murdering Armenians that live in their lands, Armenians wouldn't want to secede. After NK voted

Ancient hatred is very relevant. If Azeris were not so prone to murdering Armenians that live in their lands, Armenians wouldn't want to secede. After NK voted to separate from Azerbaijan, Azeri response was the Sumgait pogrom [0] and later the Baku pogrom [1]. What were Azeris thinking? That Armenians would just say okay, ethnically cleanse us? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumgait_pogrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumgait_pogrom [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_pogrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_pogrom