ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES CAN PARRY PROVOCATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 8, 2010 – 14:47 AMT 09:47 GMT

The efficiency of the Armenian army guarantees security of Armenian and
Karabakh people, said Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, Commandos.

"The efficiency of any army is determined by experts’ assessments but
not by self-laudation. Our army is assessed highly. As to the Azeri
army, it was a mistake of Azerbaijan’s leadership to reorganize the
armed forces for three times," he told a news conference in Yerevan.

He also noted that Armenian army is monoethnic unlike that of
Azerbaijan, where national minorities are oppressed.

"Not weapons but the spirit is the most important factor. We struggled
for independence in hard conditions but we were strong. Besides, we
can manage military hardware. Our armed forces can parry provocations
and rebuff any attack," the Major General said.