Armenian Army Best in Post Soviet Space

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.10.2006 18:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ This year Georgia followed by Azerbaijan will fix
the biggest budget, military and political expert Richard Giragossian
said in Yerevan today. When speaking of the military constituent of
security he remarked that "the Armenian and Nagorno Karabakh’s Armed
Forces are very strong, both in armament and morally. "The Armenian
army is the best one in the post soviet space, but Armenia should be
ready for a higher level and start reforms and modernization of the
army so as not to allow the Azeri army become stronger in 10 years,"
he said.

When touching upon the American-Turkish cooperation the expert remarked
that during many years it was rather successful and close. "However
after the Iraqi war the situation has changed and now the U.S. State
Department collaborates with the Turkish government rather than with
the Defense Ministry," he said. As for Iran, Richard Giragossian
considers that Iran is neither Iraq nor Afghanistan. Language of
weapon should not be used for talk with this country.