FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA: DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA SHOWED THAT FORCE APPROACH DOES NOT SETTLE THE PROBLEM
ArmInfo
2008-10-29 12:19:00
ArmInfo. Developments in South Ossetia showed that force approach does
not settle the problem and quite on the contrary it creates a series of
other problems which will be even more difficult to overcome, Foreign
Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian says in an interview with BBC.
As regards the changes after the incidents of August in the Caucasus,
Minister Nalbandian says: ‘First of all, many people, if there were
such who thought that force settlement of conflicts is possible, must
now display a different approach. We had a similar situation with
Nagorny Karabakh. Over the last five years Azerbaijan increased its
military budget almost ten times. And the developments around South
Ossetia proved like a wet blanket for the Azerbaijani leaders and
they suspended their military rhetoric and the statements that the
Karabakh conflict can be settled by force. I think that but for the
incidents in South Ossetia, Azerbaijan that was openly preparing for
war would take advantage of the moment and try to settle the Karabakh
conflict by force’, the Foreign Minister of Armenia says.