ARMENIANS HOLD MILITARY DRILL ON OCCUPIED LAND
AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
March 9 2006
Armenia has held military exercises in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories, a move that comes just a day after Azerbaijan President
Ilham Aliyev visited the frontline during his visit to the central
districts in lowland Garabagh.
The training was spearheaded by the commander of the former Russian
366th motorized- infantry regiment, “defense minister” of the
self-proclaimed Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh republic, lieutenant-general,
Seyran Aronian, Armenian media reported. The military unit was
responsible for the horrendous massacre of Azerbaijanis perpetrated by
Armenians in the Khojaly district on February 26, 1992, which killed
hundreds of civilians, including the elderly, women and children.
Aronian was granted the military rank of lieutenant-general on the 14th
anniversary of the tragedy. Special instructors from Russia, Canada,
USA, Germany and England were reportedly drawn to the exercises.