Today.Az, Azerbaijan
May 5 2008

Armenian Defense Minister: "We should always be ready to resist any
threat"

05 May 2008 [10:37] – Today.Az

Armenian people should always be ready to resist any threat.

The due announcement was made by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Oganyan, visiting military parts in Tavush region of the country on
the Azerbaijani border.

"The people of Armenia should realize that this is our reality, we
locate in such a geopolitical region and are in such
military-political situation that we should always be ready to resist
any threat", said Oganyan.

Oganyan noted commenting on the announcements of the Azerbaijani side
about readiness of return the lands occupied by Armenians that their
purpose is "to prepare their people and settle internal political
problems".

"In this connection, we do not underestimate their activity and
transformations in their army. On the contrary, we draw certain
conclusions, in particular, for raising the combativeness of our armed
forces", said the Defense Minister.

According to the Armenian Foreign Minister, Armenian side maintains
the balance of powers in the sense of quality. Owing to this quality,
we have once won the war for national independence", said Oganyan.

/Novosti-Armenia/

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