THE ARMY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH IS READY FOR FACING NATURAL DISASTERS
By Kim Gabrielian, Stepanakert
AZG Armenian Daily
18/01/2007
In connection with the forest fires on the Azerbaijan-Karabakh
frontline the OSCE mission conducted a monitoring of the area and
qualified them as a "natural disaster". Azerbaijani authorities
and mass media spread rumors that Armenian troops were demanded to
leave the region so that to free space for taking nature protection
measures. To this Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry representative
Senor Hasratian replied that those rumors are just another provocation
of the Azeris. In fact, the fires were extinguished by the servicemen
of the Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh armies, located in the region,
said Mr. Hasratian. He added that the army of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic is always ready to face natural disasters and take measures
to reduce their consequences.