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IF THE HELICOPTERS WERE ARMED, THE SECOND ONE WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED THE GROUP WHICH HIT THE HELICOPTER - VAHAN SHIRKHANYAN
16:30 / 17.11.2014
The drowning of the Armenian plane by the Azerbaijani side was
a painful loss but a novelty for us, it just reminded that we are
dealing with very unreliable, treacherous neighbor which will continue
surprising us and we must be ready for such provocations, former
deputy defense minister Vahan Shirkhanyan told the reporters today.
"I have more serious concern, I am afraid Azerbaijan will fully fall
under the influence of Islamist extremists which will give us serious
food for thought as not so Aliyev and Erdogan need it but the USA. We
must be ready for such developments," he said.
According to him, the international community came up with needless
statements which once again proves that they are called not to ensure
peace but protect their strategic interests which may cause rather
serious problems for Armenia.
"The Armenian authorities must undertake serious steps, they must
apply to the OSCE and demand declaring Azerbaijan unreliable partner as
signing agreement and expecting anything from Azerbaijan is naivety,"
he said, adding that in the opposite case Armenia must refuse the
OSCE services. "The Azerbaijani side again violated the ceasefire
regime which registers that the parties have no right to use heavy
artillery from the territory closer than 10 kilometers," he said.
Shirkhanyan said he does not think our pilots have diverted the route.
"These were wide-scale drills and hardly any flaws were registered
but any emergency case needs to be examined. If there are guilty they
will be punished," he said.
As to whether the helicopters were armed or not, Shirkhanyan said,
"If the helicopters were armed, the second one would have immediately
destroyed the group which hit the helicopter."
Nyut.am
From: Baghdasarian
16:30 / 17.11.2014
The drowning of the Armenian plane by the Azerbaijani side was
a painful loss but a novelty for us, it just reminded that we are
dealing with very unreliable, treacherous neighbor which will continue
surprising us and we must be ready for such provocations, former
deputy defense minister Vahan Shirkhanyan told the reporters today.
"I have more serious concern, I am afraid Azerbaijan will fully fall
under the influence of Islamist extremists which will give us serious
food for thought as not so Aliyev and Erdogan need it but the USA. We
must be ready for such developments," he said.
According to him, the international community came up with needless
statements which once again proves that they are called not to ensure
peace but protect their strategic interests which may cause rather
serious problems for Armenia.
"The Armenian authorities must undertake serious steps, they must
apply to the OSCE and demand declaring Azerbaijan unreliable partner as
signing agreement and expecting anything from Azerbaijan is naivety,"
he said, adding that in the opposite case Armenia must refuse the
OSCE services. "The Azerbaijani side again violated the ceasefire
regime which registers that the parties have no right to use heavy
artillery from the territory closer than 10 kilometers," he said.
Shirkhanyan said he does not think our pilots have diverted the route.
"These were wide-scale drills and hardly any flaws were registered
but any emergency case needs to be examined. If there are guilty they
will be punished," he said.
As to whether the helicopters were armed or not, Shirkhanyan said,
"If the helicopters were armed, the second one would have immediately
destroyed the group which hit the helicopter."
Nyut.am
From: Baghdasarian