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POLITICAL SCIENTIST: INCIDENTS WILL CONTINUE ON THE BORDER BUT THEY WILL NOT DEVELOP INTO LARGE-SCALE MILITARY ACTIONS
Thursday 29 May 2014 13:07
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/region/10387/
Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, political scientist
Sergey Minasyan
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute,
political scientist Sergey Minasyan believes the border incidents
provoked by Azerbaijan in the area of Karabakh conflict will continue
but they will not develop into large-scale military actions.
"Azerbaijan attempts to strain the situation on the border
occasionally. The rival pursues two goals by doing it. The first is
that it attempts to show that official Baku does not agree and will
not accept the status quo and the current political situation. And
the rival's second goal is to translate graveness to its military
threats and have impact on Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Co-Chair
states in order to achieve unilateral concessions. As a result,
these provocations do not help Azerbaijan reach either of the goals",
said the political scientist.
Sergey Minasyan finds the possibility of resumption of large-scale
military actions unrealistic as presently Azerbaijani lacks real
military privilege over Armenia.
"Apparently, Azerbaijan is speeding up the race for armaments, the
country is being militarized but Armenia manages to preserve the
military balance in the region. Besides, Azerbaijan will face serious
issues from the point of military purchases and expenditures in the
near future", pointed out the political scientist.
Sergey Minasyan highlighted the fact that in reality the situation on
the contact line does not reflect the real potential of Armed forces
of Armenia, NKR or Azerbaijan.
"The most accurate criterion of assessing the fighting capacity of
the Armed Forces is the maintenance of the ceasefire. I am convinced
that the Armenian Armed Forces and NKR Defense Army are the most
battle-worthy in the South Caucasus", said the political scientist.
Mediamax recalls that over the past week, NKR Defense Army prevented
the penetration attempt of the Azerbaijan subversive group on the
contact line of the troops. Armenian soldier Arthur Ohanjanyan born
in 1994 was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper in one of the military
bases of the military units located in this direction. Other than that,
Armenian lieutenant-colonel Garik Balayan was shot dead and Armenian
soldier Ashot Grigoryan was injured on May 25.
On the night of May 28 NKR Defense Army subdivisions have prevented
another subversive attempt of penetration causing serious losses to
the rival and incurring one casualty.
Thursday 29 May 2014 13:07
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/region/10387/
Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, political scientist
Sergey Minasyan
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute,
political scientist Sergey Minasyan believes the border incidents
provoked by Azerbaijan in the area of Karabakh conflict will continue
but they will not develop into large-scale military actions.
"Azerbaijan attempts to strain the situation on the border
occasionally. The rival pursues two goals by doing it. The first is
that it attempts to show that official Baku does not agree and will
not accept the status quo and the current political situation. And
the rival's second goal is to translate graveness to its military
threats and have impact on Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Co-Chair
states in order to achieve unilateral concessions. As a result,
these provocations do not help Azerbaijan reach either of the goals",
said the political scientist.
Sergey Minasyan finds the possibility of resumption of large-scale
military actions unrealistic as presently Azerbaijani lacks real
military privilege over Armenia.
"Apparently, Azerbaijan is speeding up the race for armaments, the
country is being militarized but Armenia manages to preserve the
military balance in the region. Besides, Azerbaijan will face serious
issues from the point of military purchases and expenditures in the
near future", pointed out the political scientist.
Sergey Minasyan highlighted the fact that in reality the situation on
the contact line does not reflect the real potential of Armed forces
of Armenia, NKR or Azerbaijan.
"The most accurate criterion of assessing the fighting capacity of
the Armed Forces is the maintenance of the ceasefire. I am convinced
that the Armenian Armed Forces and NKR Defense Army are the most
battle-worthy in the South Caucasus", said the political scientist.
Mediamax recalls that over the past week, NKR Defense Army prevented
the penetration attempt of the Azerbaijan subversive group on the
contact line of the troops. Armenian soldier Arthur Ohanjanyan born
in 1994 was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper in one of the military
bases of the military units located in this direction. Other than that,
Armenian lieutenant-colonel Garik Balayan was shot dead and Armenian
soldier Ashot Grigoryan was injured on May 25.
On the night of May 28 NKR Defense Army subdivisions have prevented
another subversive attempt of penetration causing serious losses to
the rival and incurring one casualty.