Combat Actions Won't Start In The NKR Zone Soon, Defense Minister Of

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COMBAT ACTIONS WON'T START IN THE NKR ZONE SOON, DEFENSE MINISTER OF ARMENIA

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Nov 16 2006

Serzh Sargsyan, Secretary of the National Security Council at the
President of Armenia and the Minister of Defense of Armenia, at the
meeting with relatives of the military men serving in Gyumri, said
that combat actions in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict won't
re-start soon.

Notwithstanding the militarist calls of Azeri authorities, "Azeris
can't commence military actions today, they won't succeed in it and
it is not a secret to anybody", said the Minister. He explained the
militarist statements of Azeri authorities with their intention to
justify their huge military budget and to draw grounds for it.

S. Sargsyan said that the one who starts the war first will lose. He
pointed out that Azeris will abstain from military actions because
of the pressure from international community. The one who breaks the
present 'non peace non war' conditions will lose because negotiations
on settlement of the conflict are in the progress now.