YASHAR DJAFARLI: "WAR WILL SHOW WHETHER ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES ARE STRONGER THAN AZERBAIJAN’S, AS IS STATED BY OFFICIAL YEREVAN"
Today.Az
17 January 2008 [14:05]
"Armenians state that their armed forces are stronger than
Azerbaijan’s.
The war will show whether they are right or no", Yashar Djafarli,
chairman of the public association "Reserve and retired officers"
said, commenting on the maneuvers, held by Armenians in their country
and in the occupied lands.
In an answer to the question about possible secret conduction of
maneuvers by Azerbaijan, he said: " There is not a country, which has
its own armed forces, and does not carry out manures. Maneuvers are
natural for any country and there is a special program of training
for the purpose.
Azerbaijan merely conducts such maneuvers without PR, unlike
Armenians. This is caused, in particular, by Azerbaijan’s intention
to demonstrate its adherence to commitment on peaceful settlement
of the Garabagh problem to the international community as well as
its intention not to irritate neighbor Russia, which is one of the
co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group".
He noted that the war is always real.
"The most important problem has not been settled: Azerbaijani lands
are still under occupation and Armenia refuses to free them. In fact,
we are in a state of war. International organizations insist on
the peaceful settlement of the problem and we have signed the due
commitment. But who will guarantee that any local clash will not
evolve into war in the current conditions?".
He considers that military actions will not be resumed at least in
the next 2-3 years.
"Neither Azerbaijan nor Armenia are interested in it, primarily, due to
the elections. Furthermore, none of sides is ready for war. Perhaps,
the armed forces are ready to fulfill the tasks, set before them. But
war is between the states and all state structures should get ready
for it and active work must be carried out among the population,
while no such works are currently observed", he said.