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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SARGSYAN SAYS ARMENIANS WILL BE STRONGER SIDE IN POSSIBLE 'UNEQUAL' WAR IN KARABAKH
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/30968/armenia_karabakh_azerbaijan_serzh_sargsyan_army
Karabakh | 11.07.11 | 10:13
Photo: www.president.am
Armenia's President and Commander-in-Chief Serzh Sargsyan has
reiterated his support for peace, but warned neighboring Azerbaijan
that a new aggression against Karabakh will again prove it the
losing side.
Sargsyan made the remarks on Saturday as he spoke in front of
participants of the first All-Army convention of young officers of
the Armed Forces.
"During the latest war all enemy fortifications collapsed after attacks
by Armenian warriors. The might of those strikes was spreading panic
and despair among the enemy ranks... We would regularly see the rear
of the chaotically fleeing enemy," emphasized Sargsyan.
"We won in a long, difficult and unequal war. Some, while saying an
'unequal war' mean the fact that Azerbaijan had more money, equipment
and troops. This is true, but for me the war was unequal because the
stronger side was fighting against the weaker one, and the stronger
side was us. The freedom-loving one was fighting against the aggressor,
and we were the freedom-loving one. The just one was fighting against
the unjust one and we were the embodiment of justice," he said.
"And today we continue to support peace, but if the aggressors start
thinking of a new adventure, I don't doubt a bit that there will be
inequality again, and we again will be the stronger ones, because
the defender of the ancestral home and homeland is invincible."
Sargsyan's remarks came a day after he received new proposals
from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev around the settlement of the
protracted conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The yet undisclosed proposals
were also received by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
Sargsyan and Aliyev talked at a Russia-hosted summit on June 24. But
contrary to international mediators' expectations, they could not
bridge all of their remaining differences to reach agreement around
the basic principles of settlement.
The failure to make progress at the latest round of peace talks gave
rise to fresh speculations about an impending war in the region,
with analysts pointing at the recent military buildup in Azerbaijan.
Armenia and Karabakh have repeatedly warned the international community
about petrodollar-backed military acquisitions being made by Baku amid
its increased war rhetoric. But both political leaders and military
men in Yerevan and Stepanakert have downplayed Azerbaijan's capability
of waging a successful war against Karabakh Armenians.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/30968/armenia_karabakh_azerbaijan_serzh_sargsyan_army
Karabakh | 11.07.11 | 10:13
Photo: www.president.am
Armenia's President and Commander-in-Chief Serzh Sargsyan has
reiterated his support for peace, but warned neighboring Azerbaijan
that a new aggression against Karabakh will again prove it the
losing side.
Sargsyan made the remarks on Saturday as he spoke in front of
participants of the first All-Army convention of young officers of
the Armed Forces.
"During the latest war all enemy fortifications collapsed after attacks
by Armenian warriors. The might of those strikes was spreading panic
and despair among the enemy ranks... We would regularly see the rear
of the chaotically fleeing enemy," emphasized Sargsyan.
"We won in a long, difficult and unequal war. Some, while saying an
'unequal war' mean the fact that Azerbaijan had more money, equipment
and troops. This is true, but for me the war was unequal because the
stronger side was fighting against the weaker one, and the stronger
side was us. The freedom-loving one was fighting against the aggressor,
and we were the freedom-loving one. The just one was fighting against
the unjust one and we were the embodiment of justice," he said.
"And today we continue to support peace, but if the aggressors start
thinking of a new adventure, I don't doubt a bit that there will be
inequality again, and we again will be the stronger ones, because
the defender of the ancestral home and homeland is invincible."
Sargsyan's remarks came a day after he received new proposals
from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev around the settlement of the
protracted conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The yet undisclosed proposals
were also received by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
Sargsyan and Aliyev talked at a Russia-hosted summit on June 24. But
contrary to international mediators' expectations, they could not
bridge all of their remaining differences to reach agreement around
the basic principles of settlement.
The failure to make progress at the latest round of peace talks gave
rise to fresh speculations about an impending war in the region,
with analysts pointing at the recent military buildup in Azerbaijan.
Armenia and Karabakh have repeatedly warned the international community
about petrodollar-backed military acquisitions being made by Baku amid
its increased war rhetoric. But both political leaders and military
men in Yerevan and Stepanakert have downplayed Azerbaijan's capability
of waging a successful war against Karabakh Armenians.
From: A. Papazian