EX-DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER OF ARMENIA: AZERBAIJAN CANNOT BLACKMAIL WORLD COMMUNITY WITH ITS THREATS OF NEW WAR AGAINST NAGORNO KARABAKH ANY MORE

ArmINFO
2008-12-17 13:04:00

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan cannot blackmail the world community any more as
if the blackmail policy goes on, Baku will be viewed as an unserious
partner, Chairman of the parliamentary Commission on Defense,
National Security and Internal Affairs, ex-deputy Defense Minister of
Armenia Artur Aghabekyan told ArmInfo. ‘Some lull in the Azerbaijani
military and aggressive rhetoric during the last month is the evident
confirmation of my words’, he said.

Aghabekyan thinks the policy of Azerbaijan with respect to the Karabakh
conflict settlement was in continuous threat towards Armenia along
with holding of negotiations within the frames of the OSCE Minsk
Group. Moreover, according to the Azerbaijani party, if no consensus
is achieved, it will resolve the conflict in a military way. ‘If the
threats towards us in the beginning of the conflict were only a product
of internal consumption, now the situation has principally changed,
and Baku permanently blackmails the world community, in particular,
the OSCE MG countries, with its threats’, A. Aghabekyan resumed.