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MILITARY LEADERSHIP MEETS IN KARABAKH
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Military leaders met in Stepanakert
STEPANAKERT-Armenia's top army generals and other military officials
held an unprecedented meeting over the weekend in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which the Defense Ministry in Yerevan said focused on their ongoing
efforts to strengthen the Armenian military.
The meeting in Stepanakert, chaired by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
brought together the heads of various Defense Ministry departments,
the leadership of the Armenian army's General Staff and all major
detachments as well as the commanders of Karabakh's Armenia-backed
armed forces.
A ministry statement quoted Ohanian as emphasizing the "exceptional"
venue of the meeting and stressing the need to increase the
effectiveness of ongoing "processes carried out in the defense
system." He also called for "deepening cooperation and exchange of
experience between the armed forces of the two Armenian republics."
According to the statement, Ohanian's opening remarks were followed by
a discussion of the results of the Armenian military's "2013 winter
training phase." It said Armenian and Karabakh generals presented
"a state of combat readiness and discipline" in the army ranks.
Ohanian was reported to issue orders on addressing "shortcomings
registered during the semester" and improving efforts to boost
discipline and combat readiness. He also said military commanders
should do a better job of preventing "accidents," an apparent reference
to non-combat deaths of soldiers. No further details were reported.
The Stepanakert meeting followed an annual gathering of Karabakh
Armenian officers, during which they discussed the situation along the
"line of contact" east and north of Karabakh.
The meeting came less than a month after Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev voiced fresh threats to win back the disputed territory and
other Armenian-controlled territories surrounding it at a military
parade in Baku. Aliyev claimed last week that offensive weapons
displayed by the Azerbaijani army scared many Armenians. Some of
those weapons were recently purchased by Azerbaijan from Russia in
a $1 billion deal that was disclosed by the Russian media last month.
The Armenian leadership has downplayed the Russian arms deliveries,
saying that they will not undermine the military balance in the
Karabakh conflict. Ohanian insisted earlier this month that a new
Armenian-Azerbaijan war is unlikely to break out soon.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/111889/military-leadershp-meets-in-karabakh/
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Military leaders met in Stepanakert
STEPANAKERT-Armenia's top army generals and other military officials
held an unprecedented meeting over the weekend in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which the Defense Ministry in Yerevan said focused on their ongoing
efforts to strengthen the Armenian military.
The meeting in Stepanakert, chaired by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
brought together the heads of various Defense Ministry departments,
the leadership of the Armenian army's General Staff and all major
detachments as well as the commanders of Karabakh's Armenia-backed
armed forces.
A ministry statement quoted Ohanian as emphasizing the "exceptional"
venue of the meeting and stressing the need to increase the
effectiveness of ongoing "processes carried out in the defense
system." He also called for "deepening cooperation and exchange of
experience between the armed forces of the two Armenian republics."
According to the statement, Ohanian's opening remarks were followed by
a discussion of the results of the Armenian military's "2013 winter
training phase." It said Armenian and Karabakh generals presented
"a state of combat readiness and discipline" in the army ranks.
Ohanian was reported to issue orders on addressing "shortcomings
registered during the semester" and improving efforts to boost
discipline and combat readiness. He also said military commanders
should do a better job of preventing "accidents," an apparent reference
to non-combat deaths of soldiers. No further details were reported.
The Stepanakert meeting followed an annual gathering of Karabakh
Armenian officers, during which they discussed the situation along the
"line of contact" east and north of Karabakh.
The meeting came less than a month after Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev voiced fresh threats to win back the disputed territory and
other Armenian-controlled territories surrounding it at a military
parade in Baku. Aliyev claimed last week that offensive weapons
displayed by the Azerbaijani army scared many Armenians. Some of
those weapons were recently purchased by Azerbaijan from Russia in
a $1 billion deal that was disclosed by the Russian media last month.
The Armenian leadership has downplayed the Russian arms deliveries,
saying that they will not undermine the military balance in the
Karabakh conflict. Ohanian insisted earlier this month that a new
Armenian-Azerbaijan war is unlikely to break out soon.
From: A. Papazian