Regnum, Russia
October 25 2008
The defence army of Nagornyy Karabakh practiced offensive operations
"The peculiarities of the current military exercises are that for the
first time, we practiced purely offensive operations with all
proceeding consequences. We want to train our troops to the level when
we shall not expect Azerbaijan’s attack, and proceeding from a
situation, we shall launch attacks to neutralize threats to the
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic," Movses Akopyan, defence minister of
Nagornyy Karabakh, said in Stepanakert, when commenting on the outcome
of the 25 October tactical exercises of the NKR defence army, a Regnum
correspondent reports. The defence minister of the NKR described the
results of the exercises as satisfactory.
Earlier the president of the NKR, Bako Saakyan, also gave a high
assessment of the military exercises. He said that in case of need,
the armed forces of the republic were not only ready to carry out
military operations on the territory of the enemy but also switch them
deep into hearts of Azerbaijan.
The tactical exercises with involvement of all kinds of military
hardware took place in Nagornyy Karabakh. Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan, who arrived in Nagornyy Karabakh on a two-day working visit
yesterday, observed the military exercises. Armenian Defence Minister
Seyran Ohanyan is accompanying him in the visit.
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