Islamic leader’s "jihad" remarks not official Baku’s stance – Armenian
minister

Regnum, Moscow
1 Sep 06

1 September: "It is good, when a man has hopes, and it is good when he
does not build up his hopes," Armenian Defence Minister Serzh
Sarkisyan told journalists at the Monte Melkonyan Military College on
1 September, when commenting on the settlement of the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict.

He said that it is impossible to live without hope and belief, but one
should not have great expectations, since they could fail and this is
tragic.

Speaking about intention by the chairman of the Spiritual Board of the
Muslims of the Caucasus, Allahsukur Pasazada, to announce a jihad to
Armenia, the minister pointed out that "the sheikh has nothing to do
with the Azerbaijani authorities", a Regnum news agency correspondent
reported. "Will this have an impact on the development of events or
not…[ellipsis as published]. But he did not say anything. He said
that if negotiations do not produce normal results, he will announce a
jihad. It means that nothing has happened for the time being," the
minister noted.