SEYRAN OHANIAN: ARMENIA SHOULD NOT LAG BEHIND AZERBAIJAN
Noyan Tapan
Ju ne 9, 2008
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A military solution to the Nagorno
Karabakh problem has been already implemented, and today we should do
our best for problem’s peaceful settlement. RA Defence Minister Seyran
Ohanian gave assurance during his June 9 meeting with journalists. He
said that peaceful settlement is in the interests of both Armenian
and Azeri peoples.
According to the Minister, the idea of peaceful settlement is the basis
of today’s negotiations process, and during the meeting of Armenian
and Azeri Presidents held lately the sides confirmed readiness to
continue the negotiations with the current basis.
Touching upon Azeri Armed Forces’ intention to buy planes without
pilots, the RA Defence Minister did not exclude that with the help
of them the Azeri side wishes to examine the border zone of NKR
and RA. S. Ohanian stated that if the Azeri side buys such planes,
the Armenian side will also do the same, as "Armenia should not lag
behind Azerbaijan."