SENOR ASRATYAN: NKR DEFENSE ARMY CAN ENSURE SECURITY ON ITS OWN

armradio.am
05.09.2007 15:18

The Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh is capable to ensure the security
of its people itself, Head of the Press Service of the NKR Minstry
of Defense Senor Asratyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

Azeri media have dissemninated a statement, asserting that Azerbaijani
Ambassador to Iran Nasir Hamidi Zareh declared he possesses no
information about the service of Iranian citizens in the Armed Forces
of Nagorno Karabakh. Commenting on the possible enrollment of foreign
citizens in the Armed Forces of NKR, Senor Asratyan refuted these
suggestions.

"Exceptionally Armenian citizens serve in the Armed Forces of
the NKR Defense Army. The enrollment of foreign mercenaries
is out of question," Senor Asratyan underlined. "We do not need
mercenaries. There have been no mercenaries in the NKR Defense Army
either during the war, or today, unlike the enemy’s army, where
many mercenary mojahedins serve. The NKR Defense Army can ensure the
security of its own people on its own," Senor Asratyan declared.