SIDE TO START WAR WILL SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN ONE OR TWO WEEKS, MEMBER OF ARF FACTION SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 8, 2010
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Karabakh
war has not ended: a ceasefire was signed in 1994, which means that
war can resume at any moment. Secretary of the parliamentary "ARF"
faction Artyush Shahbazian expressed this opinion at the February 5
briefing, when discussing the recently more frequent statments about
the possibility of war resumption.
"This is not ruled out theoretically, but I cannot say whether
we assess adequately these statements and the threats voiced by
Azerbaijan," he said, adding that he does not belive that "the
war threat is imminent". He said that the superpowers having their
interests in the region are not interested in war resumption. At the
same time he expressed confidence that if, nevertheless, a war starts,
it will not be like the one in the 1990s. "The side to start the war
will suffer heavy losses and have a huge army of refugees in one and
two weeks," A. Shabazian noted.
As regards the prospects of the struggle against the Armenian-Turkish
protocols, he said the ARF intends to activate political consultations
on this issue and to organize soon a meeting with political forces
holding the same views on the issue. The aim is to prepare for the
parliamentary discussion on the Armenian-Turlkish protocols.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Karabakh
war has not ended: a ceasefire was signed in 1994, which means that
war can resume at any moment. Secretary of the parliamentary "ARF"
faction Artyush Shahbazian expressed this opinion at the February 5
briefing, when discussing the recently more frequent statments about
the possibility of war resumption.
"This is not ruled out theoretically, but I cannot say whether
we assess adequately these statements and the threats voiced by
Azerbaijan," he said, adding that he does not belive that "the
war threat is imminent". He said that the superpowers having their
interests in the region are not interested in war resumption. At the
same time he expressed confidence that if, nevertheless, a war starts,
it will not be like the one in the 1990s. "The side to start the war
will suffer heavy losses and have a huge army of refugees in one and
two weeks," A. Shabazian noted.
As regards the prospects of the struggle against the Armenian-Turkish
protocols, he said the ARF intends to activate political consultations
on this issue and to organize soon a meeting with political forces
holding the same views on the issue. The aim is to prepare for the
parliamentary discussion on the Armenian-Turlkish protocols.