ARMINFO News Agency
October 7, 2005
ARMY IS A GUARANTOR OF PHYSICAL SECURITY OF ARMENIAN PEOPLE: SERZH
SARGSSYAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7. ARMINFO. Armenia would be ready to fulfill
radical reforms in defence sphere only when the final settling the
Karabakh conflict, as well as if Azerbaijan is to be agree to conduct
the same reforms under the control of international forces, Armenia’s
Defence Minister Serzh Sargssyan informed journalists today.
Minister noted that radical reforms means the reduction of arms,
however, the guarantee of Armenian people’s physical security is the
task number one for Armenia. “Armenia is a small country with the
three-million population, and any army may pass our territory
thoroughly in the absence of capable army”, Sargssyan stated. He also
noted that it is not advantageous for Armenia to keep constantly a
numerous mobile army, however, Armenia have no economic potential to
keep a professional army.
Sargssyan also noted that the public opinion poll testifies that
Armenia’s people rather trust the Armed Forces than the rest state
structures.