SERZH SARGSYAN: THE WAR RHETORIC IS INTENSIFYING IN THE CAUCASUS

ArmInfo.
2010-02-10 20:46:00

ArmInfo. "Armenia and Karabakh have never unleashed and never will
unleash a war",- said Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of
Armenia, in the Chattem House British Royal Institute of International
Affairs.

"We despise war, as our generation was forced to look death straight
in the eyes, and has seen and lost more than can be imagined. However,
we realize that we must be ready for war in case others wish to fight.
We cannot turn a blind eye to recurrent belligerent threats coming
from a neighbouring state, whose President’s New Year address to
his people sounded no different from the speech of an army commander
motivating his units for a battle. The war rhetoric is intensifying
in the Caucasus. Armenia predominantly refrains from responding to
the threats", he said and added threats also amount to violence,
and violence usually begets violence.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress