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TIGRAN ABRAHAMYAN: AZERBAIJAN NOT PRETENDING TO SUCH ROLE
Panorama.am
26/06/2012
"I don't think official Baku can pretend to such role by carrying
out sabotage operations on Armenian-Azerbaijani border or at the line
of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces or
by refusing to withdraw snipers from the frontline," expert Tigran
Abrahamyan told Panorama.am when asked to comment on Azerbaijani
President's statement on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces
of Azerbaijan that the Azerbaijani army plays a stabilizing role in
the region.
According to the expert, if Azerbaijan was really interested in
peace and stability in the region, it would not so frequently violate
ceasefire regime.
When asked to comment on the Azerbaijani President's statement that
Azerbaijan's military budget has increased more than 20-fold over
the past years, and now reaches $3.6bn, Abrahamyan said, "Azerbaijan
unequivocally violates the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces
in Europe (CFE), but when the first figure in the country publicly
confesses this, I think his statement should be followed by a response
from international organizations."
Asked whether Aliyev threatened war when he said that "the strength
of our army allows us to liberate our lands," the expert noted,
"Azerbaijani President's statement comes in response to unaddressed
statements which followed open provocations by Azerbaijan. As to
threats of war and the thesis of "powerful Azerbaijan," I think the
time is not far off when it will no longer be possible for Azerbaijan
to "feed" its society with such loud statements."
Panorama.am
26/06/2012
"I don't think official Baku can pretend to such role by carrying
out sabotage operations on Armenian-Azerbaijani border or at the line
of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces or
by refusing to withdraw snipers from the frontline," expert Tigran
Abrahamyan told Panorama.am when asked to comment on Azerbaijani
President's statement on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces
of Azerbaijan that the Azerbaijani army plays a stabilizing role in
the region.
According to the expert, if Azerbaijan was really interested in
peace and stability in the region, it would not so frequently violate
ceasefire regime.
When asked to comment on the Azerbaijani President's statement that
Azerbaijan's military budget has increased more than 20-fold over
the past years, and now reaches $3.6bn, Abrahamyan said, "Azerbaijan
unequivocally violates the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces
in Europe (CFE), but when the first figure in the country publicly
confesses this, I think his statement should be followed by a response
from international organizations."
Asked whether Aliyev threatened war when he said that "the strength
of our army allows us to liberate our lands," the expert noted,
"Azerbaijani President's statement comes in response to unaddressed
statements which followed open provocations by Azerbaijan. As to
threats of war and the thesis of "powerful Azerbaijan," I think the
time is not far off when it will no longer be possible for Azerbaijan
to "feed" its society with such loud statements."