BAKU WOULD START A WAR, WERE IT ASSURED OF MILITARY SETTLEMENT OF NKR CONFLICT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
24.07.2009 16:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Were Azeri Armed forces the least assured of NKR
conflict settlement through military actions, war would be started
at once, NKR Defense Minister Movses Hakobyan told a news conference
in Stepanakert. "In "neither peace or war" situation Karabakh army
faces the task of exerting permanent pressure on the adversary not to
allow it to gain the upper hand on the first line. NKR army manages
to do just that. Last year NKR defense army managed to improve its
positions," Movses Hakobyan emphasized.

Dwelling on Azeri’s attempts to improve their positions, NKR Defense
Minister noted that the adversary did not introduce any significant
changes on the first firing line. Commenting on the possibility of
war resumption and NKR’s readiness to attack the adversary, Movses
Hakobyan stated that NKR Defense Army’s first task lies in the defense
and provision of NKR people’s security. "Still I do not preclude the
situation when we’ll have to attack," NKR Defense Minister added.

Accrding to Movses Hakobyan, NKR Defense Army has enough fighting
capacity for execution of tasks it will face, which doesn’t mean Army
will stop at it.

"Today we’re undertaking steps to purchase new military equipment,"
he emphasized. NKR Defense Minister assured that NKR air territory
is given enough protection. Every square meter of NKR territory
is controlled by NKR defense army. "Moreover, the adversary’s air
territory is also controlled up to several dozens kilometers from
the border," Movses Hakobyan emphasized.