ARMENIA LEADER: CONFLICTS CANNOT BE RESOLVED BY ARMED FORCE

Interfax
Sept 3 2008
Russia

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan argued that trying to resolve
conflicts in the South Caucasus by armed force is a hopeless exercise
and expressed confidence the crisis in Georgia would "have a sobering
effect on those who still entertain such hopes, strengthening their
military potential and making belligerent statements."

"Attempts to force military solutions against the will of the people in
the South Caucasus are fraught with serious military and geopolitical
consequences," the presidential press service quoted Sargsyan as saying
at a meeting in Yerevan with the secretaries of the security councils
of member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Sargsyan also said Armenia would focus on raising the CSTO’s efficiency
when it holds the organization’s rotating chairmanship.