AZERBAIJANI ARMY ABLE TO LIBERATE OCCUPIED LANDS, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

Thu 10 December 2009 | 11:14 GMT

Eldar Sabiroglu Statement by President Ilham Aliyev that Azerbaijan
will not reconcile with the occupation of its lands created concerns
in Armenia.

"Several members of the National Assembly of Armenia have even appealed
to the government demanding to urge international organizations to
influence Azerbaijan. Armenia realizes that today’s Azerbaijan is
not the same it was in the early 1990s. Today the Armed Forces of
Azerbaijan are the most battle worthy in the region", spokesman of
the Defense Ministry Eldar Sabiroglu told a news conference Thursday.

The spokesman is confident that in case military actions on liberation
of lands are initiated today, the Azerbaijani army will complete them
successfully in the shortest terms.

"I declare with responsibility that the Azerbaijani army is able to
liberate the occupied lands. And Armenians understand it. The Armenian
side merely does not have the power to engage in hostilities with
the Azerbaijani army. By results of the last conscription in Armenia
two military units were not equipped fully due to the lack of human
resources ", said Sabiroglu.

According to him, the Armenian side is aware that time is working
against it and the international community begins to understand the
occupational essence of the Armenian policy

"That is why the Armenians are trying to protract the negotiation
process. However, Azerbaijan’s patience is not unlimited", the
spokesman concluded.