KARABAKH ARMY ALWAYS READY TO REBUFF INTERFERENCE, SAYS SAKAHYAN

Yerevan Report
Feb 22 2010
Armenia

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 22–"The Karabakh army is always
ready to rebuff any encroachment on state security," said the President
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan, on Saturday when he
met with members of the National Assembly.

"We are deeply convinced that the issues currently existing in
the modern world can be solved solely by civilized means – through
negotiations and through direct dialog. The authorities of Azerbaijan
still continue to wage a war-mongering policy, keeping its own people
under constant pressure and threat of a renewed war. These actions are
futile and irrelevant. We have a capable army that is always ready
to rebuff any attacks on the security of our nation and people,"
Sahakian said.

According to him, the heroic people of Artsakh (the Armenian name
for Karabakh), together with all Armenians, managed to transfer the
trials that fell upon them and embarked on building a democratic state.

"For us, this path is constant and irreversible," the President said.

Sahakian also congratulated those present and all the people who on
Saturday celebrated the Day of Revival of Artsakh.

"Each of you bears the symbol of this day and has a personal
contribution to the implementation of the ideas of the national
liberation movement. Many of our friends gave their lives for the
triumph of these ideas," he said.

According to him, February 20, 1988 marked the beginning of their
national revival. "We came to the defense of our natural right to
live freely and independently in our native land, to determine our
own destiny in accordance with universal norms and principles of
international law."

"To our peaceful and fair demands, Azerbaijan replied with a brutal and
bloody war, which caused numerous human casualties and destruction,"
Sahakian said.

Translated from Russian by Yerevan Report