ALEXANDER SUNGUROV: NEW WAR NOT IN AZERBAIJAN’S INTERESTS

news.am
Feb 25 2010
Armenia

Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev’s statement that Baku
intends to resume hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone,
while intensive negotiations are under way, was an unacceptable fact,
Alexander Sungurov, President of the Strategy humanitarian-political
center, told NEWS.am.

"The person does not appear to realize what important post he holds
and how weighty his statements are. He may not be in the right place.

The international community will not take his statement seriously,
as it is aware of his incompetence," Sungurov said.

He stressed that resuming hostilities is not at all in Azerbaijan’s
interests.

NEWS.am reminds the readers that, at his meeting with French Ambassador
to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller, the Azerbaijan Minister of Defense
stated that Azerbaijan cannot wait for 15 years more and it is now the
military that have their say. "If Armenia fails to leave our lands,
a large-scale war is inevitable in the South Caucasus," Abiyev said.