SERGE SARGSIAN: IT IS DIFFICULT TO RULE OUT THAT TENSION IN
KARABAKH WILL DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS

YEREVAN, MARCH 23. ARMINFO. It is difficult to rule our that the
tension on the contact line of Karabakh and Azerbaijani armies will
develop into something more serious, Minister of Defence of Armenia
Serge Sargsian told journalists, Thursday.

According to him, Azerbaijan violates the cease0fire regime not for
the first time – it does it very often, as it tries to improve its
positions on the contact line. “It is obvious for any man, who knows
the Karabakh conflict in details, that only Azerbaijan is interested
in violation of the cease-fire regime, as in its times Armenian party
had opportunities to consolidate its grip on more favorable positions,
and we did it as far back as 1994”, Serge Sargsian declared. He added
that the statements of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan on the
violation of the cease-fire regime by the Armenian party are all
open lie. Commenting on the statements of the Defence Minister of
Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev and President Ilham Aliyev on the possible
settlement of the Karabakh conflict by force, the minister mentioned
“pilaw is not handed out during the war, and it would be very useful
for Abiyev to recall his past”.