ACCORDING TO MEMBER OF ARF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE BELLICOSE STATEMENTS
OF AZERBAIJAN ARE MADE FOR INTERNAL APPLICATION

YEREVAN, August 11 (Noyan Tapan). Spartak Seiranian, a member of the
Executive Council of ARF Dashnaktsutyun, estimated the appeal of
Colonel Ramiz Melikov, Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of
Azerbaijan, “to declare war on Armenia and to liberate Karabakh, as
Azerbaijan is much stronger today than it was 10 years ago” as a
statement made for internal application. In general, Spartak Seiranian
doesn’t see the threat of the resumtpion of war in the bellicose
statements sounded in the state and political circles of Azerbaijan
recently.

According to Spartak Seiranian, the Azeris hope to obtain arms,
develop its military potential and receive military domination over
Armenia “due to the virtual dollars of the Baku-Jeikhan oil pipeline,
which doesn’t operate still.”

But according to him, if the Azeris think that they have such military
force that can fight and win, one shouldn’t forget that the Armenian
warriors are also ready to die for their Homeland: “The Azeri warrior
isn’t ready to die for Karabakh, as he knows very well that Karabakh
isn’t his land, so he isn’t ready to die for the foreign land, on the
contrary, the Armenian fighter knows that he defends his Homeland,
that’s why he will go to all lengths.” The member of the Executive
Council of ARF Dashnaktsutyun explains the victory of the Armenian
troops in the Karabakh war with this circumstance, and he is sure that
if such situation forms in the future, the same pshycological
phenomenon will operate. As for the statement of Spokesman of the
Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan Ramiz Melikov that “today’s Armenia
has been formed on the historic lands of Azerbaijan and that there
will be no state named Armenia in the territory of the South Caucasus
in 25-30 years” member of the ARF Executive Council considered it as
an absurd, mentioning that this statement is calculated for the
illetarate people.