If you want peace, get ready for war

09-06-2007 17:48:38 – KarabakhOpen

The NKR minister of defense General Movses Hakobyan said in an
interview with the Azat Artsakh he thinks the actions of the minister
of defense should be directed at the prevention of war. `Although they
say if you want peace, get ready for war. If Azerbaijan were sure for a
moment that its army is stronger, it would wage a war immediately. The
leaders of Azerbaijan state constantly their military budget is bigger
than the state budget of Armenia. These statements are for internal
consumption because the size of the budget is not a guarantee of
success. During the war Karabakh was in blockade, there was no bread to
eat, we did not have weapon, but we won the war. Today we have an army
armed with modern weapons, the air force is upgraded every day, a
powerful engineering system is set up at the border. The Azerbaijani
army outnumbers our army but our army is ready to counteract through
all the possible ways,’ Movses Hakobyan said. `We will continue to arm
the army with modern weapons and equipment. Focus will be on the social
state of the service personnel. We have made efforts over the past
years but it is not sufficient,’ the minister said.

The minister was brought up in a traditional Armenian family and
decided to become military when he visited Chardakhlu, the native
village of Marshal Baghramyan and Marshal Babajanyan in the ninth
grade. He studied at the military college in Alma Ata and served in
Afghanistan, which gave him the right to serve at home, the 366th
regiment of Stepanakert. They wanted to try him for helping the
azatamartiks ` the `Afghani’ background and the Medal of Red Star
helped him. Then he led a squad of volunteers during the military
actions.
09-06-2007 17:48:38 – KarabakhOpen

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress