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SEYRAN OHANYAN: OIL PRICES GRADUALLY BRING TO NAUGHT AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OVER ARMENIA
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 13, 12:04
Baku escalates tensions on the border with Armenia and NKR for
domestic and foreign policy reasons. This bears no relation to the
winter call-up, Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan said on
the Public Television of Armenia.
"The authorities in Baku try to distract the attention of their our
citizens from their domestic problems that are arousing serious concern
among the people. These are, first of all, problems with democracy,
human rights, freedom of speed, and national minorities.
All these problems, undoubtedly, come from the ruling totalitarian
regime of Azerbaijan. Furthermore, Azerbaijan's leadership has to
somehow justify the billions it spends on the arms race it launched
for nothing but self-affirmation," the minister said.
In this light, Ohanyan believes that the authorities in Baku need to
prove the people that army is ready to settle the tasks set to it.
They need to test the combat efficiency of their army, considering
that the falling oil prices gradually bring to naught their economic
advantages over Armenia. Nevertheless, the minister believes that
even the diminishing oil dollars have not reduced the social gap
between the very rich and very poor in Azerbaijan.
"Baku tries to keep the situation on the borders tense also to somehow
influence the events timed to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
In Baku they are very much concerned over possible normalization of
relations with Turkey in the light of the world community's aspiration
to remove dividing lines between our countries," Seyran Ohanyan said
for conclusion.
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 13, 12:04
Baku escalates tensions on the border with Armenia and NKR for
domestic and foreign policy reasons. This bears no relation to the
winter call-up, Defense Minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan said on
the Public Television of Armenia.
"The authorities in Baku try to distract the attention of their our
citizens from their domestic problems that are arousing serious concern
among the people. These are, first of all, problems with democracy,
human rights, freedom of speed, and national minorities.
All these problems, undoubtedly, come from the ruling totalitarian
regime of Azerbaijan. Furthermore, Azerbaijan's leadership has to
somehow justify the billions it spends on the arms race it launched
for nothing but self-affirmation," the minister said.
In this light, Ohanyan believes that the authorities in Baku need to
prove the people that army is ready to settle the tasks set to it.
They need to test the combat efficiency of their army, considering
that the falling oil prices gradually bring to naught their economic
advantages over Armenia. Nevertheless, the minister believes that
even the diminishing oil dollars have not reduced the social gap
between the very rich and very poor in Azerbaijan.
"Baku tries to keep the situation on the borders tense also to somehow
influence the events timed to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
In Baku they are very much concerned over possible normalization of
relations with Turkey in the light of the world community's aspiration
to remove dividing lines between our countries," Seyran Ohanyan said
for conclusion.