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Interfax, Russia
Dec 21 2012
Armenia counts on CSTO assistance if Karabakh hostilities resume - president
MOSCOW. Dec 21
Yerevan counts on the assistance of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) in the case of a military solution to the Karabakh
conflict, but still hopes a diplomatic solution can be found, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan told the Rossiya-24 channel.
"Certainly. It would have been strange if we had not counted (on the
CSTO). Why would we join that organization otherwise? The countries
joined the union to support each other at a difficult moment,"
Sargsyan said.
Azerbaijan is building up its military power, he said. "Azerbaijan
hopes for a military solution. However, we think there is no
alternative to negotiations. Because the only alternative is
hostilities, and we do not want them to resume under any
circumstances," the Armenian leader said.
Armenia is the guarantor of security for the Karabakh people, he said.
"If the gamble, which has started, develops into military operations,
Armenia will do the utmost to protect people in Karabakh," he added.
Azerbaijan is not prepared to solve the Karabakh problem so far, Sargsyan said.
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Dec 21 2012
Armenia counts on CSTO assistance if Karabakh hostilities resume - president
MOSCOW. Dec 21
Yerevan counts on the assistance of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) in the case of a military solution to the Karabakh
conflict, but still hopes a diplomatic solution can be found, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan told the Rossiya-24 channel.
"Certainly. It would have been strange if we had not counted (on the
CSTO). Why would we join that organization otherwise? The countries
joined the union to support each other at a difficult moment,"
Sargsyan said.
Azerbaijan is building up its military power, he said. "Azerbaijan
hopes for a military solution. However, we think there is no
alternative to negotiations. Because the only alternative is
hostilities, and we do not want them to resume under any
circumstances," the Armenian leader said.
Armenia is the guarantor of security for the Karabakh people, he said.
"If the gamble, which has started, develops into military operations,
Armenia will do the utmost to protect people in Karabakh," he added.
Azerbaijan is not prepared to solve the Karabakh problem so far, Sargsyan said.
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