ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO CONTINUE "DEVELOPING" AT THE SAME PACE AS AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT HASN’T CHANGED

ArmInfo
2008-10-17 20:39:00

ArmInfo. The relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will continue
"developing" at the same pace as Azerbaijani president hasn’t
changed, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told journalists
in parliament, Friday.

Commenting upon Azeri media’s daily statements that Armenia allegedly
violates the cease-fire regime, Ohanyan said: "The attempts to violate
cease-fire are repeated regularly, and in the majority of cases,
by Azerbaijan. If they are intentional, we give the corresponding
reply", the minister stressed.

Ohanyan also noted that the geopolitical events, particularly, in our
region show that in a conflict settlement the use of military force
is fraught with various developments. "Armed forces of Armenia and
Nagorno- Karabakh are ready to protect the values acquired in the new
history of our state", the minister said. He added that the militant
statements of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev had a domestic political
character in the pre-election period.

"The goal of such statements is to influence the organizations which
are engaged in Karabakh conflict settlement. However, there is a peace
process which needs Nagorno-Karabakh’s participation", Ohanyan said.