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AZERBAIJAN THINKS ITS HOUR OF TRIUMPH HAS COME - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
16:39 * 26.01.15
Armenian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Armenia's Armed
Forces Serzh Sargsyan participated in a solemn meeting of the Board of
Armenia's Ministry of Defense, on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary
of the Armenian army.
The participants in the meeting observed in minute's silence to
pay tribute to the heroes that sacrificed their lives in defending
Armenia's border and to all the servicemen and freedom-fighters that
sacrificed their lives in the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made an opening address at the
meeting:
"Honorable Generals and officers,
"Before we listen to reports, I would like to say a few words.
"First of all, I would like to say that the beginning of the year
saw tension and we witnessed numerous unprovoked attacks by the
enemy. We suffered heavy losses and we are grieving with the families
and relatives of all the fallen boys. I do not think anyone has any
doubts that Azerbaijanis will pay a heavy price for the life of each
of the boys - they have paid, are paying and will pay a heavy price.
"The aim of the enemy's unprovoked attacks is obvious. Azerbaijan's
leadership does not conceal they are seeking to create permanent
tension round us by combining political and military means. This is
a policy of overt blackmail, with its principal addressee being the
international community rather than we. Seeing its absurd 'me-first'
style failing in the negotiations, official Baku is trying to show
everyone what it can do unless all of its whims are satisfied,
without seriously realizing or analyzing the aftermath for themselves.
Moreover, every time a problem arises inside Armenia or a tragic
event occurs, Azerbaijan thinks its hour of triumph has come and it
shows itself on the frontline.
"In vain; that's absolutely to no purpose. Twenty-five years ago,
in conditions more complicated and difficult than now, we were the
eyewitness of their nonsensical speeches and appetite. I am sure
that most of those who have gathered in this hall remember them
voicing menacing remarks in the early 1990's, threatening to wave
the Azerbaijani flag in [Nagorno-Karabakh's capital] Stepanakert;
one of them had so much gone out of senses that he even was talking
about washing feet in [Lake] Sevan. After the [liberation of] Shoushi,
they were repeating their [desire] to drink tea in Shoushi every week
in a short time to come. We have eye-witnessed all that. We never
menaced, but we did coerce our predominance in the battlefield. We
are stronger today. We are much stronger than ever before.
"We do not have any reason to trigger a war. We never provoke incidents
on our own. You know very well about it. And we are never the first
to provoke an attack. We do not need that at all.
"But any incident incited against us has been and will always be
followed by retribution. The acts of retaliation we have initiated so
far have been symmetric in form and asymmetric in terms of inflicting
greater losses. "
"Symmetric acts of retribution may be possible from now on. The hot
heads should wait for great many a surprise. Moreover, whenever we
see crowding on our border and along the Line of Contact, we vest
ourselves with the right to launch preventive actions."
"Let no one think that we will be sitting in idleness, waiting till the
calamity gets into our homes. We are obliged to be fierce to anyone
plotting calamity for us. I repeat, the other side's adventurousness
will force us to cause irrevocable damage through retribution.
"We do understand that the Azerbaijani authorities are ready to
mercilessly send hundreds and thousands citizens to the brink of death
to secure their own thrones' protection. But we cannot tolerate that
at the price of our citizens and soldiers' life. That cannot be done
at our expense.
"We stick to the belief that the right thing is to continue the talks
and to reach agreements under the well-known principles, and that
is possible only in case of maintaining the ceasefire and building
bridges of trust."
"I once again declare, to the notice of all, that were ready to both
the good and bad. I have all the possible options there on my table.
"With a sober friend, we are can and must negotiate peace.
"On the non-sober adversary, we must and will by all means impose
peace."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/26/president-speech/1570265
16:39 * 26.01.15
Armenian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Armenia's Armed
Forces Serzh Sargsyan participated in a solemn meeting of the Board of
Armenia's Ministry of Defense, on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary
of the Armenian army.
The participants in the meeting observed in minute's silence to
pay tribute to the heroes that sacrificed their lives in defending
Armenia's border and to all the servicemen and freedom-fighters that
sacrificed their lives in the Nagorno-Karabakh liberation war.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made an opening address at the
meeting:
"Honorable Generals and officers,
"Before we listen to reports, I would like to say a few words.
"First of all, I would like to say that the beginning of the year
saw tension and we witnessed numerous unprovoked attacks by the
enemy. We suffered heavy losses and we are grieving with the families
and relatives of all the fallen boys. I do not think anyone has any
doubts that Azerbaijanis will pay a heavy price for the life of each
of the boys - they have paid, are paying and will pay a heavy price.
"The aim of the enemy's unprovoked attacks is obvious. Azerbaijan's
leadership does not conceal they are seeking to create permanent
tension round us by combining political and military means. This is
a policy of overt blackmail, with its principal addressee being the
international community rather than we. Seeing its absurd 'me-first'
style failing in the negotiations, official Baku is trying to show
everyone what it can do unless all of its whims are satisfied,
without seriously realizing or analyzing the aftermath for themselves.
Moreover, every time a problem arises inside Armenia or a tragic
event occurs, Azerbaijan thinks its hour of triumph has come and it
shows itself on the frontline.
"In vain; that's absolutely to no purpose. Twenty-five years ago,
in conditions more complicated and difficult than now, we were the
eyewitness of their nonsensical speeches and appetite. I am sure
that most of those who have gathered in this hall remember them
voicing menacing remarks in the early 1990's, threatening to wave
the Azerbaijani flag in [Nagorno-Karabakh's capital] Stepanakert;
one of them had so much gone out of senses that he even was talking
about washing feet in [Lake] Sevan. After the [liberation of] Shoushi,
they were repeating their [desire] to drink tea in Shoushi every week
in a short time to come. We have eye-witnessed all that. We never
menaced, but we did coerce our predominance in the battlefield. We
are stronger today. We are much stronger than ever before.
"We do not have any reason to trigger a war. We never provoke incidents
on our own. You know very well about it. And we are never the first
to provoke an attack. We do not need that at all.
"But any incident incited against us has been and will always be
followed by retribution. The acts of retaliation we have initiated so
far have been symmetric in form and asymmetric in terms of inflicting
greater losses. "
"Symmetric acts of retribution may be possible from now on. The hot
heads should wait for great many a surprise. Moreover, whenever we
see crowding on our border and along the Line of Contact, we vest
ourselves with the right to launch preventive actions."
"Let no one think that we will be sitting in idleness, waiting till the
calamity gets into our homes. We are obliged to be fierce to anyone
plotting calamity for us. I repeat, the other side's adventurousness
will force us to cause irrevocable damage through retribution.
"We do understand that the Azerbaijani authorities are ready to
mercilessly send hundreds and thousands citizens to the brink of death
to secure their own thrones' protection. But we cannot tolerate that
at the price of our citizens and soldiers' life. That cannot be done
at our expense.
"We stick to the belief that the right thing is to continue the talks
and to reach agreements under the well-known principles, and that
is possible only in case of maintaining the ceasefire and building
bridges of trust."
"I once again declare, to the notice of all, that were ready to both
the good and bad. I have all the possible options there on my table.
"With a sober friend, we are can and must negotiate peace.
"On the non-sober adversary, we must and will by all means impose
peace."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/26/president-speech/1570265