NAGORNO-KARABAKH DEFENSE MINISTRY: AZERI PARTY MAKES ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MISTAKE THE WISH FOR THE REALITY

ArmInfo
2009-03-04 16:02:00

ArmInfo. The Azeri party makes another attempt to mistake the wish
for the reality, Press-secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense
Ministry Senor Hasratyan told ArmInfo correspondent when commenting
upon the publication in Azeri mass media in which Head of the Azeri
Defense Ministry press-service Eldar Sabiroglu depicts the situation
in Karabakh (in Sabiroglu’s version – Armenian) army.

"Be it known to Sabiroglu that the food in the Karabakh army is good,
and the discipline is at the worthy level. The given propagandist
statement is nothing but a clumsy attempt to make advantage of the
"eligible" opportunity and mistake the wish for the reality",-
Hasratyan said.

To recall, Sabiroglu heartbreakingly depicts the "state" of the
Armenian army with reference to three soldiers who found themselves
in Azerbaijani territory on February 28. According to Azeri sources,
soldiers Hrant Markosyan, Alik Tevosyan and Artush Sargsyan voluntarily
went over to the rival’s side. The Armenian side still says that they
crossed the border under uncleared circumstances. The Azeri party
tries to present each of the Armenian captives as a deserter. At the
same time, Sabiroglu makes categorical statements that some person or
other doesn’t want to return, a terrible situation in the Armenian
army is depicted, etc. For instance, Hambardzum Asatryan "didn’t
want to return" either. However, it has been found out that Azeri
special services tried to press Asatryan introducing themselves as
ICRC employees. Asatryan successfully returned to Motherland.

At present, the Armenian and Azeri parties have one more captive as
well – Rafig Gasanov and Paruyr Simonyan. As it was reported earlier,
in an interview Gasanov expressed his reluctance to return to his
motherland.

Gasanov also said about the hideosity in the Azeri army and added
that the reason of his escape from the military unit and coming over
to the Armenian side was the attitude of his fellow soldiers and
commanders. Probably, Gasanov’s revelation played a certain role in
Sabiroglu’s eagerness "to depict" the state of the rival’s army.