NKR DM: "ARMENIANS DO NOT FEAR WAR"

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 29 2006

The OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs should find points of contact with
RA and AR Presidents, resume the negotiation process and find the
issue’s peaceful settlement, Nagorno Karabakh republic (NKR) Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanyan stated while talking to journalists.

In his words, the issue cannot be resolved by force – "it was
resettled by force once – in 1994", REGNUM reports. "No one wants
a war, especially servicemen, as the first strike is carried out at
them", stated Seyran Ohanyan and added the meetings held between the
two countries’ Presidents showed that the Azeri party did not wish
to conduct talks.

Touching upon AR Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev’s statement,
according to which "Armenians fear war", Seyran Ohanyan stated,
"Armenians do not fear war, and, beginning with 1988 up to today,
we have such defense that we are completely sure of ourselves". He
remarked bellicose statements made by Baku are oriented exclusively
towards inner consumer.