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MILITARY EXPERT: LARGE-SCALE MILITARY EXERCISES PRESENTED ARMENIA TO THE WORLD AS A GUARANTOR OF STABILITY IN THE REGION
Panorama.am
24/09/2012
Panorama.am has talked to military expert Arkady Grigoryan about CSTO
Cooperation 2012 exercise and NATO-standard based military drills
involving Armenian peacekeepers, held simultaneously in Armenia. Below
are some excerpts from the interview.
- What was the significance of these exercises for guaranteeing
security in Armenia?
- In both cases, we increased the fighting efficiency of RA Armed
Forces and contributed to improving the atmosphere of mutual assistance
and trust. The consultants highly assessed the exercises, hailing the
military discipline of RA Armed Forces. As Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan noted aptly, unlike our neighbors, we are guarantors
of peace, and we strengthen the atmosphere of confidence. In other
words, there are countries which create tension, while we ease,
balance the tension.
- What was the reason that the Commander of NKR Defense Army attended
the exercises, a circumstance that did not slip the attention of
Azeri media?
- Many observers from different countries were invited to attend
the exercises, and this is common practice. Commander of NKR Defense
Army, Movses Hakobyan, was also among those invited. He gave a high
assessment to the drills. The NKR Defense Army Commander did not
attend other events, and Azeri media reports are absolutely false. It
is very difficult to find a common language with a state and society
that have inferiority complex and constant fears.
Panorama.am
24/09/2012
Panorama.am has talked to military expert Arkady Grigoryan about CSTO
Cooperation 2012 exercise and NATO-standard based military drills
involving Armenian peacekeepers, held simultaneously in Armenia. Below
are some excerpts from the interview.
- What was the significance of these exercises for guaranteeing
security in Armenia?
- In both cases, we increased the fighting efficiency of RA Armed
Forces and contributed to improving the atmosphere of mutual assistance
and trust. The consultants highly assessed the exercises, hailing the
military discipline of RA Armed Forces. As Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan noted aptly, unlike our neighbors, we are guarantors
of peace, and we strengthen the atmosphere of confidence. In other
words, there are countries which create tension, while we ease,
balance the tension.
- What was the reason that the Commander of NKR Defense Army attended
the exercises, a circumstance that did not slip the attention of
Azeri media?
- Many observers from different countries were invited to attend
the exercises, and this is common practice. Commander of NKR Defense
Army, Movses Hakobyan, was also among those invited. He gave a high
assessment to the drills. The NKR Defense Army Commander did not
attend other events, and Azeri media reports are absolutely false. It
is very difficult to find a common language with a state and society
that have inferiority complex and constant fears.