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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS TO BE BLAMED FOR AZERBAIJANI DIVERSIONS - ARMENIAN MILITARY ANALYST
NEWS.AM
June 04, 2012 | 14:31
YEREVAN. - When high-ranking guests visit the region, Azerbaijan
conducts some operations just to provoke, military analyst Hrachya
Petrosyants told Armenian News-NEWS.am, commenting on the recent
such operation, which claimed the lives of three Armenian soldiers
and wounded six others.
"Azerbaijan expects for Armenia to respond to this provocation, and
for us to retaliate equally or more fiercely, and they will use this
in their favor," he said.
Petrosyants also stressed that the provocations are now against the
Republic of Armenia.
"And Armenia is a subject of the international law. In the case when
Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] is an unrecognized state, Armenia is a
recognized state, and now Azerbaijan conducts diversion operations
against a recognized state," stated Petrosyants.
"If we launch an operation against them now, they will raise uproar
at the highest level. And in the case when the international community
issues an unclear statement concerning their [i.e., the Azerbaijanis']
operations, it will raise great uproar in the case of the Armenian
side's operations," the analyst noted, and added that the number-one
culpable party in this situation is the international community, which
"is unable-or, more correctly, is unwilling-to take strong measures
against Azerbaijan.
"We face a dilemma today. We must either be patient or become the
victim of provocation. We need to take into to account that if a war
starts, there will be hundreds [and] thousands of victims, and the
consequences [will be] very severe," noted Hrachya Petrosyants.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the MOD issued a statement
and noted that on Monday and according to preliminary data, the
Azerbaijani side yet again violated the ceasefire at the line of
contact between the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and this time in
the northeastern sector. It attempted to infiltrate to the Armenian
military bases stationed in the direction of Berdavan and Chinari
villages of the Tavush Region.
As a result of the taken measures and the Armenian military
servicemen's courageous operations, however, the diversion advancement
was stopped, and the adversary was driven back, giving casualties.
But because of the Azerbaijani operation, Armenian military servicemen
Hrach Sargsyan, Zohrab Balabekyan, and Karen Davtyan were killed.
There are six wounded.
An investigation is launched.
To note, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is commencing her tour
to the region on Monday.
From: Baghdasarian
NEWS.AM
June 04, 2012 | 14:31
YEREVAN. - When high-ranking guests visit the region, Azerbaijan
conducts some operations just to provoke, military analyst Hrachya
Petrosyants told Armenian News-NEWS.am, commenting on the recent
such operation, which claimed the lives of three Armenian soldiers
and wounded six others.
"Azerbaijan expects for Armenia to respond to this provocation, and
for us to retaliate equally or more fiercely, and they will use this
in their favor," he said.
Petrosyants also stressed that the provocations are now against the
Republic of Armenia.
"And Armenia is a subject of the international law. In the case when
Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] is an unrecognized state, Armenia is a
recognized state, and now Azerbaijan conducts diversion operations
against a recognized state," stated Petrosyants.
"If we launch an operation against them now, they will raise uproar
at the highest level. And in the case when the international community
issues an unclear statement concerning their [i.e., the Azerbaijanis']
operations, it will raise great uproar in the case of the Armenian
side's operations," the analyst noted, and added that the number-one
culpable party in this situation is the international community, which
"is unable-or, more correctly, is unwilling-to take strong measures
against Azerbaijan.
"We face a dilemma today. We must either be patient or become the
victim of provocation. We need to take into to account that if a war
starts, there will be hundreds [and] thousands of victims, and the
consequences [will be] very severe," noted Hrachya Petrosyants.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the MOD issued a statement
and noted that on Monday and according to preliminary data, the
Azerbaijani side yet again violated the ceasefire at the line of
contact between the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and this time in
the northeastern sector. It attempted to infiltrate to the Armenian
military bases stationed in the direction of Berdavan and Chinari
villages of the Tavush Region.
As a result of the taken measures and the Armenian military
servicemen's courageous operations, however, the diversion advancement
was stopped, and the adversary was driven back, giving casualties.
But because of the Azerbaijani operation, Armenian military servicemen
Hrach Sargsyan, Zohrab Balabekyan, and Karen Davtyan were killed.
There are six wounded.
An investigation is launched.
To note, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is commencing her tour
to the region on Monday.
From: Baghdasarian