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Azerbaijan threatens us with a new war. Serzh Sargsyan
11:48, 6 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijan collects a great amount of
weapon for resumption of a new war. As reports Armenpress, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan noted in the interview with Reuters agency.
He said Armenia wanted a negotiated settlement to the conflict and
that he would spare no effort to achieve it.
"Now even in the condition of ceasefire, Azerbaijan threatens us with
a new war," said Sargsyan.
Armenian President has highlighted that the fighting has intensified
on what is known as the line of conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh,
highlighting the risk of a war in a region where Turkey, Russia and
Iran all have interests.
"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," emphasized Sargsyan.
Armenpress reports that Reuters points out the fact that the tension
between the two countries has risen after the extradition of Safarov
and his pardon granting by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.
Azerbaijan says Aliyev acted in line with the law and rejected
international criticism over the affair. President Sargsyan urged
international community to take some certain actions over the
settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Flush with oil wealth, Baku has increased military spending in recent
years but denies accusations that it is the aggressor in the conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh, whose breakaway from Azerbaijan as the Soviet
Union fell apart has not been recognized internationally.
11:48, 6 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijan collects a great amount of
weapon for resumption of a new war. As reports Armenpress, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan noted in the interview with Reuters agency.
He said Armenia wanted a negotiated settlement to the conflict and
that he would spare no effort to achieve it.
"Now even in the condition of ceasefire, Azerbaijan threatens us with
a new war," said Sargsyan.
Armenian President has highlighted that the fighting has intensified
on what is known as the line of conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh,
highlighting the risk of a war in a region where Turkey, Russia and
Iran all have interests.
"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," emphasized Sargsyan.
Armenpress reports that Reuters points out the fact that the tension
between the two countries has risen after the extradition of Safarov
and his pardon granting by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.
Azerbaijan says Aliyev acted in line with the law and rejected
international criticism over the affair. President Sargsyan urged
international community to take some certain actions over the
settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Flush with oil wealth, Baku has increased military spending in recent
years but denies accusations that it is the aggressor in the conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh, whose breakaway from Azerbaijan as the Soviet
Union fell apart has not been recognized internationally.