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GENERAL: ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES MULL RETALIATORY ATTACK ON AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES
by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, June 10, 11:08
The Armenian armed forces are preparing a retaliatory attack on
Azerbaijan's armed forces, retired Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
told RFE/RL Armenian Service. "I have relevant information," he said.
To recall, two Armenian soldiers, Andranik Yegoyan (26) and Boris
Gasparyan (22) were killed by the shots fired from the Azerbaijani
armed forces on the border with Nakhijevan. The tragic incident
has got a wide public response. "The growing tension is pregnant
with heavy consequences for Azerbaijan," Defense Minister of Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan told OSCE CiO PR Andrzej Kasprzyk on the day following
the incident.
"If our forces fail to make retaliatory actions as soon as possible,
Azerbaijan will think that we have got weaker. We need to make tangible
blows. It is not just anticipation. I know for sure that such a blow
is being prepared," Ter-Tadevosyan said.
According to the Artsakh War Hero, Azerbaijan buys weapons from
Russia and breaches ceasefire to exert pressure on Armenia and the
world community and make them go on concessions in the negotiations
with Baku.
"They do not seek to unleash war. Considering Azerbaijan's commitments
and the international energy projects for the coming years, as well as
Armenia's arms ad the balance of power, the Armenian-Russian treaties,
and the negative approach of the US, EU and Iran to any attempt to
change the status quo in the region by force, I don't think that Baku
seeks to unleash war," the retired general said.
He is sure that Azerbaijan has no appropriate resources to change the
balance of power in the South Caucasus on its own. Unleashing a war
in the region where the superpowers have interests in would mean that
it ignores their interests and seeks to change the situation, he said.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, June 10, 11:08
The Armenian armed forces are preparing a retaliatory attack on
Azerbaijan's armed forces, retired Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
told RFE/RL Armenian Service. "I have relevant information," he said.
To recall, two Armenian soldiers, Andranik Yegoyan (26) and Boris
Gasparyan (22) were killed by the shots fired from the Azerbaijani
armed forces on the border with Nakhijevan. The tragic incident
has got a wide public response. "The growing tension is pregnant
with heavy consequences for Azerbaijan," Defense Minister of Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan told OSCE CiO PR Andrzej Kasprzyk on the day following
the incident.
"If our forces fail to make retaliatory actions as soon as possible,
Azerbaijan will think that we have got weaker. We need to make tangible
blows. It is not just anticipation. I know for sure that such a blow
is being prepared," Ter-Tadevosyan said.
According to the Artsakh War Hero, Azerbaijan buys weapons from
Russia and breaches ceasefire to exert pressure on Armenia and the
world community and make them go on concessions in the negotiations
with Baku.
"They do not seek to unleash war. Considering Azerbaijan's commitments
and the international energy projects for the coming years, as well as
Armenia's arms ad the balance of power, the Armenian-Russian treaties,
and the negative approach of the US, EU and Iran to any attempt to
change the status quo in the region by force, I don't think that Baku
seeks to unleash war," the retired general said.
He is sure that Azerbaijan has no appropriate resources to change the
balance of power in the South Caucasus on its own. Unleashing a war
in the region where the superpowers have interests in would mean that
it ignores their interests and seeks to change the situation, he said.
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