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WE MUST BE VIGILANT IN FACE OF WAR THREATS, SAYS EX-ARMENIAN COMMANDER
10:54 * 07.06.14
In an interview with Tert.am, Manvel Yeghiazaryan, a former
detachment commander of Nagorno-Karabakh, commented on the recent
deadly shootingon the Armenia-Nakichevan Line of Contact, attributing
the incident to the possible presence of Turkish mercenaries in the
Nakichevan area.
"I think the escalation in Nakichevan is linked to the presence of
mercenaries or volunteers from Turkey, who want - as they like to say -
to give spirit to the people and the defense circles of Azerbaijan.
Should a war erupt in Karabakh, Nakichevan will then be able to
protect its border on its own.
"That's the first option. And the second, I think, is what is going on
in Armenia - our moral-psychological condition, the people's mentality
towards Aertakh - is known well to both the Azeris and Turks. Armenia
is swarming with them, so they are aware of everything. They work
day and night, and I think they want to divide the troops to make
us strengthen the protection in Nakichevan not to keep extra people
in Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh Republic] and thus not to be able to
assist in the operations beginning there. Heaven forbid, but that's
how I think. They shoot at Armenians from every side in order to say,
'You have no future in Armenia, being under fire from all sides. They
thus want to break the spirit of people to rapidly empty Armenia
of Armenians. Things of the kind may happen. Hence, heaven forbid,
should military operation start, they will close the only route we
have, the one leading to Yeraskhavan [Ararat region; that's not the
only route - Ed.]," he said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/06/07/manvel-yeghiazaryan/
10:54 * 07.06.14
In an interview with Tert.am, Manvel Yeghiazaryan, a former
detachment commander of Nagorno-Karabakh, commented on the recent
deadly shootingon the Armenia-Nakichevan Line of Contact, attributing
the incident to the possible presence of Turkish mercenaries in the
Nakichevan area.
"I think the escalation in Nakichevan is linked to the presence of
mercenaries or volunteers from Turkey, who want - as they like to say -
to give spirit to the people and the defense circles of Azerbaijan.
Should a war erupt in Karabakh, Nakichevan will then be able to
protect its border on its own.
"That's the first option. And the second, I think, is what is going on
in Armenia - our moral-psychological condition, the people's mentality
towards Aertakh - is known well to both the Azeris and Turks. Armenia
is swarming with them, so they are aware of everything. They work
day and night, and I think they want to divide the troops to make
us strengthen the protection in Nakichevan not to keep extra people
in Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh Republic] and thus not to be able to
assist in the operations beginning there. Heaven forbid, but that's
how I think. They shoot at Armenians from every side in order to say,
'You have no future in Armenia, being under fire from all sides. They
thus want to break the spirit of people to rapidly empty Armenia
of Armenians. Things of the kind may happen. Hence, heaven forbid,
should military operation start, they will close the only route we
have, the one leading to Yeraskhavan [Ararat region; that's not the
only route - Ed.]," he said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/06/07/manvel-yeghiazaryan/