KARABAKH CONFLICT PRESENTS MILITARY THREAT FOR ARMENIA: DEFENSE MINISTER
Trend News Agency
Nov 26 2008
Azerbaijan
The presence of the Karabakh conflict is the key military threat for
Armenia, said the Minister of Defense of Armenia, Seyran Oganyan.
"The presence of the armed Karabakh conflict and the absence of the
mutually coordinated political- legal bases on the settlement of the
confrontation between the conflicting sides are the main military
threat for Armenia," said Oganyan, giving a speech at the 7th Yerevan
workshop on Harvard Black Sea Security Program.
The Minister noted that greatest concerns are caused by the policy
of Azerbaijan, directed towards mobilization and armament drive,
the tendency toward reaching military superiority over Armenia and
solution of the Karabakh conflict in their interests with the use of
military force, a source at the Defense Ministry told News Armenia
on 26 November.
In the number of other military threats, Oganyan highlighted the
policy of isolation, pursued by the neighboring countries with respect
to Armenia, the destabilization of atmosphere of security in South
Caucasus, and also kindling of both existing and new conflicts.