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    Armenian general blames Azerbaijan for tension on Karabakh front

    Arminfo
    9 May 05

    YEREVAN

    The Armenian army is ready to tackle the tasks facing it, Chief of the
    General Staff Col-Gen Mikael Arutyunyan has said.

    Mikael Arutyunyan confirmed increased tension on the contact line
    between the Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces this year and
    stressed that this was the consequence of the Azerbaijani leadership's
    bellicose statements. Both sides have incurred losses in exchanges of
    fire, he said.

    "There are several killed and wounded from our side. But their number
    does not correspond to the Azerbaijani side's reports which increase
    the number of casualties tenfold," the general noted, adding that the
    Azerbaijani side had suffered more losses.

    "There are many killed from the Azerbaijani side. The Armenian side
    has this information. Therefore I would advise the Azerbaijani
    leadership not to make bellicose statements since they automatically
    affect the officers and soldiers on the front line and create
    tension," Arutyunyan noted, expressing the hope that Baku would
    reconsider its position and stop whipping up bellicose hysteria.

    Meanwhile, he noted that if Azerbaijan resumes hostilities, it will
    lose the war.

    "I know the military capability of both Armenia and Azerbaijan, and I
    am sure that they will lose. Moreover, they will lose not one fight,
    but vast stretches of land and many people," Mikael Arutyunyan said.
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