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"IN THE PASSING YEAR AZERBAIJAN'S POLICY AND BEHAVIOR BECAME EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE:" NKR PRESIDENT
arminfo
Wednesday, December 26, 15:04
On 25 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan attended
the meeting of the Defense Army's Military Council convoked to sum
up the activities of the army in 2012,the NKR President's Press
Office reports.
In his speech the President rated high the role of army building in
our state policy and touched upon the activities carried out during
the past year, the achievements and problems existing in this sphere.
The Head of the State gave concrete instructions to the defense
minister and the supreme command staff of the army for the continuous
strengthening of the army, defense potential of the country and
ensuring people's security.
Speech of Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan delivered at a
meeting of the Defence Army's Military Council dedicated to summing-up
the 2012 annual activities
"I value very much each meeting with the Defense Army's staff. The army
building is one of the key priorities of our state policy. In 2012
quite extensive and targeted work was carried out in the sphere of
army building, including the army's military and moral-psychological
training, increasing the efficiency of the management system,
enhancing military capabilities, improving mobilization readiness and
in many other directions. Special attention was paid to strengthen the
borderline, engineering constructions and other defensive systems. All
of these allowed the servicemen conducting military duties to rebuff
the enemy's attacks in the most productive way. It should be said
that such attempts by the Azerbaijani armed forces were occurring
quite frequently.
As you know, from 1 January to 20 December of the current year the
enemy vanguards violated the ceasefire regime more than 13,000 times,
which exceeds the same data of the previous year by 2000 cases.
Azerbaijan used sniper group on an extensive basis too. In addition to
the above-mentioned, the enemy undertook seven attempts to destabilize
situation in the borderline by using diversion-intelligence groups,
which encountering resistance from our positions were forced to
retreat.
In the passing year Azerbaijan's policy and behavior became even more
aggressive and destructive. Baku continues to make militaristic,
anti-Armenian statements, increase military spending, and violate
the ceasefire regime. Azerbaijan also released the criminal murderer
having insidiously killed with an axe the Armenian officer and made
him a national hero. This policy is nothing more than terrorism that
poses a threat to the civilized mankind.
In the meantime Baku rejects any proposal aimed at the implementation
of complex mutual trust measures along the borders. For example, it
rejects our proposals to withdraw snipers from the borderline, which
we introduced to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs about five years ago.
During the recent visit of the mediators to the region official
Stepanakert presented another proposal to avoid shooting on a number of
religious and international holidays. The proposal was rated positive
by the mediators, however, Baku did not respond to that as usual.
We cannot ignore all these, especially in the process of army
building. We will not imitate Azerbaijan's steps. Any kind
of discrimination, including national, aggressive and inhumane
behavior is alien to the Armenian civilization. We have declared
many times that we are the proponents of peaceful settlement to the
Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict. However, this does not mean that we are
not ready to give a worthy response to the enemy's encroachments. I
have ordered the defense minister and the army command staff to give
a strong counterattack to any aggression."
arminfo
Wednesday, December 26, 15:04
On 25 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan attended
the meeting of the Defense Army's Military Council convoked to sum
up the activities of the army in 2012,the NKR President's Press
Office reports.
In his speech the President rated high the role of army building in
our state policy and touched upon the activities carried out during
the past year, the achievements and problems existing in this sphere.
The Head of the State gave concrete instructions to the defense
minister and the supreme command staff of the army for the continuous
strengthening of the army, defense potential of the country and
ensuring people's security.
Speech of Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan delivered at a
meeting of the Defence Army's Military Council dedicated to summing-up
the 2012 annual activities
"I value very much each meeting with the Defense Army's staff. The army
building is one of the key priorities of our state policy. In 2012
quite extensive and targeted work was carried out in the sphere of
army building, including the army's military and moral-psychological
training, increasing the efficiency of the management system,
enhancing military capabilities, improving mobilization readiness and
in many other directions. Special attention was paid to strengthen the
borderline, engineering constructions and other defensive systems. All
of these allowed the servicemen conducting military duties to rebuff
the enemy's attacks in the most productive way. It should be said
that such attempts by the Azerbaijani armed forces were occurring
quite frequently.
As you know, from 1 January to 20 December of the current year the
enemy vanguards violated the ceasefire regime more than 13,000 times,
which exceeds the same data of the previous year by 2000 cases.
Azerbaijan used sniper group on an extensive basis too. In addition to
the above-mentioned, the enemy undertook seven attempts to destabilize
situation in the borderline by using diversion-intelligence groups,
which encountering resistance from our positions were forced to
retreat.
In the passing year Azerbaijan's policy and behavior became even more
aggressive and destructive. Baku continues to make militaristic,
anti-Armenian statements, increase military spending, and violate
the ceasefire regime. Azerbaijan also released the criminal murderer
having insidiously killed with an axe the Armenian officer and made
him a national hero. This policy is nothing more than terrorism that
poses a threat to the civilized mankind.
In the meantime Baku rejects any proposal aimed at the implementation
of complex mutual trust measures along the borders. For example, it
rejects our proposals to withdraw snipers from the borderline, which
we introduced to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs about five years ago.
During the recent visit of the mediators to the region official
Stepanakert presented another proposal to avoid shooting on a number of
religious and international holidays. The proposal was rated positive
by the mediators, however, Baku did not respond to that as usual.
We cannot ignore all these, especially in the process of army
building. We will not imitate Azerbaijan's steps. Any kind
of discrimination, including national, aggressive and inhumane
behavior is alien to the Armenian civilization. We have declared
many times that we are the proponents of peaceful settlement to the
Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict. However, this does not mean that we are
not ready to give a worthy response to the enemy's encroachments. I
have ordered the defense minister and the army command staff to give
a strong counterattack to any aggression."