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Armenian President says Azerbaijan threatens new war
armradio.am
10:03 06.10.2012
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan accused Azerbaijan on Friday of
threatening a new war in Karabakh.
Azerbaijan is accumulating a `horrendous quantity' of arms in
preparation for a resumption of fighting, Sargsyan told Reuters in an
interview. He said Armenia wanted a negotiated settlement to the
conflict and that he would spare no effort to achieve it.
`Now 18 years after the signing of theceasefire agreement, Azerbaijan
threatens us with a new war,' Serzh Sargsyan said.
`When I say that there is hatred towards Armenians, a general
xenophobia in Azerbaijan; when I say there is a dangerous accumulation
of armaments in Azerbaijan; when I say Azerbaijan is getting prepared
for resuming military hostilities and settling the conflict by
military means, that doesn't mean at all that there is no need to
continue with negotiations,' the President said.
Reuters reminds that tension between the two countries has risen since
Hungary sent home to Azerbaijan an Azeri officer convicted of killing
an Armenian officer on a NATO language training course in Budapest.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev pardoned the killer on his return to a
hero's welcome in August.
Sargsyan said the pardon of the Azeri officer, Ramil Safarov, showed
Nagorno-Karabakh could not be part of Azerbaijan.
`It again reconfirms our view that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have
no future in the framework of Azerbaijan.'
`We have no doubt that Azerbaijan's aim is to change the situation by
the application of its military means and the only preventative
mechanism for their desires is the combat-readiness of the Armenian
armed forces,' Sargsyan said.
The Armenian President called on the international community to take
`concrete steps' in the search for a settlement.
He said Azerbaijan was in violation of a European treaty limiting
holdings of weaponry. Inspectors were aware of the situation `and
there is zero action on this'.
Sargsyan said he would stand for re-election next year. Asked if he
was confident he would see a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute,
he said: `I'm confident.
`At least I hope that I will never see Nagorno-Karabakh incorporated
in the Azerbaijani framework again and that in itself is a huge
success,' he said.
From: Baghdasarian
armradio.am
10:03 06.10.2012
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan accused Azerbaijan on Friday of
threatening a new war in Karabakh.
Azerbaijan is accumulating a `horrendous quantity' of arms in
preparation for a resumption of fighting, Sargsyan told Reuters in an
interview. He said Armenia wanted a negotiated settlement to the
conflict and that he would spare no effort to achieve it.
`Now 18 years after the signing of theceasefire agreement, Azerbaijan
threatens us with a new war,' Serzh Sargsyan said.
`When I say that there is hatred towards Armenians, a general
xenophobia in Azerbaijan; when I say there is a dangerous accumulation
of armaments in Azerbaijan; when I say Azerbaijan is getting prepared
for resuming military hostilities and settling the conflict by
military means, that doesn't mean at all that there is no need to
continue with negotiations,' the President said.
Reuters reminds that tension between the two countries has risen since
Hungary sent home to Azerbaijan an Azeri officer convicted of killing
an Armenian officer on a NATO language training course in Budapest.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev pardoned the killer on his return to a
hero's welcome in August.
Sargsyan said the pardon of the Azeri officer, Ramil Safarov, showed
Nagorno-Karabakh could not be part of Azerbaijan.
`It again reconfirms our view that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have
no future in the framework of Azerbaijan.'
`We have no doubt that Azerbaijan's aim is to change the situation by
the application of its military means and the only preventative
mechanism for their desires is the combat-readiness of the Armenian
armed forces,' Sargsyan said.
The Armenian President called on the international community to take
`concrete steps' in the search for a settlement.
He said Azerbaijan was in violation of a European treaty limiting
holdings of weaponry. Inspectors were aware of the situation `and
there is zero action on this'.
Sargsyan said he would stand for re-election next year. Asked if he
was confident he would see a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute,
he said: `I'm confident.
`At least I hope that I will never see Nagorno-Karabakh incorporated
in the Azerbaijani framework again and that in itself is a huge
success,' he said.
From: Baghdasarian