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The Armenian defense minister made the point with his generals on
tensions with Azerbaijan
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian met Thursday, January 8 the
Armenian army generals to take stock, in particular, clashes with the
Azeri forces that have been renewed intensity since the beginning of
the year. The Armenian defense minister said the meeting also dépoyés
portrait on efforts to strengthen the fighting spirit of troops to
defend the front line with Azerbaijan.Mr. Ohanian, Chief of Staff of
the Armenian army, General Yuri Khachaturov, their assistants and
heads of concerned departments of the Ministry also prepared the
agenda of new exercises and manouevres for military personnel.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said that the general
Khachaturov presented a report on "provocations" armies of Azerbaijan
during the past week and "measures in response" of Armenian forces,
without giving details.At the same time, the military authorities of
Armenia and Azerbaijan were reports of new violations of the
cease-fire on the "line of contact" around Karabakh and the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Militaries authorities of
Nagorno-Karabakh have specified that the Azerbaijani troops have
conducted more than 5,000 artillery and mortar fire dà on Armenian
positions during the night of 7 to 8 January.
They also opposed a firm denial to Baku reports that the Karabakh
forces opened fire on Azeri villages east of Karabakh earlier this
week. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, for its part, has reported
74 shots from the Armenian positions in 24 hours. Artsrun Hovannisian,
spokesman of the Armenian Ministry of Defence has named the situation
on the front line as "very tense". "But it is not comparable with the
incidents in July-August 2014," said the ministerial responsibility to
the antenna of RFE / RL, in a reference to renewed tension occurred
last summer that had fault cause region back into war.
Friday, January 9, 2015,
Gari © armenews.com
The Armenian defense minister made the point with his generals on
tensions with Azerbaijan
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian met Thursday, January 8 the
Armenian army generals to take stock, in particular, clashes with the
Azeri forces that have been renewed intensity since the beginning of
the year. The Armenian defense minister said the meeting also dépoyés
portrait on efforts to strengthen the fighting spirit of troops to
defend the front line with Azerbaijan.Mr. Ohanian, Chief of Staff of
the Armenian army, General Yuri Khachaturov, their assistants and
heads of concerned departments of the Ministry also prepared the
agenda of new exercises and manouevres for military personnel.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence said that the general
Khachaturov presented a report on "provocations" armies of Azerbaijan
during the past week and "measures in response" of Armenian forces,
without giving details.At the same time, the military authorities of
Armenia and Azerbaijan were reports of new violations of the
cease-fire on the "line of contact" around Karabakh and the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Militaries authorities of
Nagorno-Karabakh have specified that the Azerbaijani troops have
conducted more than 5,000 artillery and mortar fire dà on Armenian
positions during the night of 7 to 8 January.
They also opposed a firm denial to Baku reports that the Karabakh
forces opened fire on Azeri villages east of Karabakh earlier this
week. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, for its part, has reported
74 shots from the Armenian positions in 24 hours. Artsrun Hovannisian,
spokesman of the Armenian Ministry of Defence has named the situation
on the front line as "very tense". "But it is not comparable with the
incidents in July-August 2014," said the ministerial responsibility to
the antenna of RFE / RL, in a reference to renewed tension occurred
last summer that had fault cause region back into war.
Friday, January 9, 2015,
Gari © armenews.com