Trend News Agency (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Wednesday
Neither military, nor economic factors allow Armenia to inflict
serious blow on Azerbaijan
June 28--The statements of Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan
that a serious blow will be inflicted on Azerbaijan and that eight
Azerbaijani servicemen were allegedly killed in the last ten days are
not true, the press service of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said in a
message June 28.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry perceives the words of Armenia's defense
minister with bitter irony and states that his amateurish speech,
which is not grounded in real facts and disseminated with propaganda
aim, is nothing but lie and impudence.
Neither military, economic, human resources, nor other factors make it
possible for Armenia to inflict a serious blow on Azerbaijan, said the
ministry's message.
Azerbaijani soldiers and the up-to-date military equipment and
armaments, which have a crushing power, are capable of suppressing any
threat by the enemy, destroying it and restoring the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan, said the message.
As for the losses, it would be more appropriate if Sargsyan took up
the cases of death in the Armenian army. It is the Armenian side that
constantly hides losses at the front line and other cases of death in
the army. Sargsyan would look sincere if, instead of voicing such
delusional statements, he would correctly inform the Armenian public
about the real number of losses of the Armenian side in recent days as
a result of the retaliatory measures of the Azerbaijani army, says the
Defense Ministry's message.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result
of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent
of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven
surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions
on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding districts.
