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MILITARY DOCTRINE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA - ANALYSE
Milaz.info
http://milaz.info/en/news.php?id=6492
Oct 18 2011
Azerbaijan
South Caucasus and Caspian Sea region being a sensitive and
complicated area from the geo-political, geo-strategic, geo-economic
and geo-cultural point of view, open for foreign influences in a great
extent. Military doctrines of regional countries and their defense
and military policies implemented based on these doctrines also play
significant role in establishment and development of regional peace
and stability, as well as on the contrary in violation of stability,
in creation of tension and confrontations, crisis and conflicts in
the whole region.
Military doctrine being an officially announced system of views in
state's military security field. determines political-military,
political-strategic and political-economic basis of its military
security, including the directions of combat preparation of state
and armed force, methods and forms of its implementation.
The provisions of military doctrine of every state may alter depending
on thorough change of military security environment, military-political
situation, as well as on internal political development and radical
changes regarding strategic choice. In this regard, revision and
update of military doctrine from time to time is expectable. In order
to evaluate influence of military doctrinal views on establishment
of peace and stability, development of freedom and democracy, people
welfare integration in South Caucasus, first of all military doctrines'
of the region countries (Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), as well as
military doctrines of Russia, Iran and Turkey, which have traditional
interests in the region should be studies and evaluated in this regard.
The Center of Military Analyses and Research has prepared the document
"Military doctrines of regional countries - stability or the threat
of confrontation?" by support Open Society Institute - Assistance
Foundation. Today we publish the Military Doctrine of the Republic
of Armenia.
Military Doctrine of the Republic of Armenia
Military Doctrine (MD) of the Republic of Armenia approved in December
25, 2007, develops and specifies its provisions relating to defense
and military field of National Security Strategy (NSS) approved on
February 07, 2007.
AR MD represents the sum of official conceptual views defining
military-political, military-strategic, military-economic and
military-technical bases of military security guarantee. It is
indicated in the introduction part of MD that "Armenian Republic is
a warrantor of Dagliq Qarabag Republic, guarantees the security of
it and its chosen development way. It comes from the followings:
- from the realities of new national cleansing of Armenian people
suffered genocide in modern Azerbaijani territory (in Sumgayit,
1980-1990, Baku and other places);
- from the policy of Azerbaijani Republic on apply of military force
against the legal and peaceful self-determination of Dagliq Qarabag
people and their (Dagliq Qarabag people) involvement into the war
in 1988-1994;
- from the need of Dagliq Qarabag people's guarantee of their security,
who are exposed to permanent physical threat, which is conditioned
by the direction of Azerbaijani Republic's settlement of conflict by
the way of force;
- from the historical-territorial, moral-religious, ethnic and
cultural identity of Armenian Republic and Dagliq Qarabag Republic
and their population;
- from the indisputable political-legal bases of the fact of Dagliq
Qarabag people's self-determination in their own historical land;
- from the invariability of realities of formation of Dagliq Qarabag
Republic as a democratic, social and legal state;
- from the mutual relationship of adoption of security guarantee
issues of Armenian Republic and Dagliq Qarabag Republic".
Immediately after, defense character of MD and its direction to
military security guarantee of the country, reinforcement of peace
and stability in the region is noted.
As it is apparent from the text of the document, Armenia, which carries
out ethnic cleansing (1988-99) against Azerbaijani turks, as well
as against Muslim kurds in its territories, occupied 16% of neighbor
Azerbaijani territory (1992-93) and carries out ethic cleansing and
"burnt land" policy in this zone, openly supports armed separatism
movement of ethnic Armenians living in Dagliq Qarabag by comprehensive
assistance of Russia and being in territorial claim against other
neighbor Georgia and supports Armenian separatism movement in its
Chavakhetia region, places foreign military base within its territory
and thus, plays destructive role in the region together with Russia,
violates regional peace and stability and being of the main military
threat sources tries "to base", to disguise its expansionist policy
and to give defensive character to its military security policy.
We should also note that Armenia, together with being RF's
military-political ally and member of CSTO, at the same time plays
the role of transmitting of Russian destructive policy in the region.
MD's provisions with "defensive" character are implemented by means
of defense strategy and military planning. In the document, among the
list of main foreign threats (I part, I chapter) directed to military
security of Armenia:
- existence of Dagliq Qarabag conflict, tendency of Azerbaijani
Republic to get military advantage over Armenian Republic and
settlement of Dagliq Qarabag conflict by the military way, preparation
of military operations against Armenian Republic and (or) Dagliq
Qarabag Republic for this purpose;
- establishment, reinforcement and enlargement of unions directed
against Armenian Republic, particularly, strategic union of Turkish
Republic and Azerbaijani Republic, its steps on blockade of Armenian
Republic (this is considered as application of force);
- economic, transport and communication isolation or isolation attempts
of Armenian Republic, isolation of transit ways passing by the same
bordering states" are also indicated.
Although Armenia does not write openly its trying to give formally
defensive character to its doctrine, as it is obvious from the text of
document, that it considers Azerbaijan openly, by Turkey as a potential
enemy and creates its military security policy on the grounds of this.
Aggressor Armenia's defense and military policy in essence having
deceitful character found its reflection in the whole spirit of the
doctrine. Thus, it is noted in the 3-rd chapter of document relating
to the principles, that Armenian "Defense Strategy bases on the
principle of not attack and gives preference to diplomatic and other
non-military methods of military security guarantee, prevention of
threats and neutralization".
One of the main principles of AR military security guarantee is
also apply to ally and partner states in order to get necessary
contribution from them within the frames of alliance and partnership
liabilities. One of the main goals and duties of AR MD is also
"military security guarantee of "Dagliq Qarabag Republic" (the chapter
4). This provision demonstrates Armenian openly taking side in the
conflict, supporting ethnic separatism, its violation regional peace
and stability, and its being a real source of threat for security.
Unlike Azerbaijan Armenia mainly gives special importance to:
- throughout guarantee of military security and reinforcement of its
military-political positions;
- the total power of armed forces, as well as international military
and military-technical cooperation, international guarantee of military
security in order to keep relative equality (in fact, the superiority)
of military and military-political unions in the region.
Armenia among its priority directions of international military and
military-technical cooperation gives the main places to its strategic
ally Russian Federation, which plays the most destructive role in
the region and to CSTO, the leader of which is Russia.
Along with this, among the priorities in this field in the doctrine,
development of bilateral military cooperation with U.S, cooperation
with NATO and partners among the member-states of alliance within
the framework of Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and "Partnership
for Peace" are stipulated in the doctrine as well.
The completion of reformation of military security system in 2015 is
also considered in the Military Doctrine of Armenian Republic. Besides
this, the document will be reconsidered from the viewpoint of its
principles and goals.
The Center of Military Analyses and Research
Milaz.info
http://milaz.info/en/news.php?id=6492
Oct 18 2011
Azerbaijan
South Caucasus and Caspian Sea region being a sensitive and
complicated area from the geo-political, geo-strategic, geo-economic
and geo-cultural point of view, open for foreign influences in a great
extent. Military doctrines of regional countries and their defense
and military policies implemented based on these doctrines also play
significant role in establishment and development of regional peace
and stability, as well as on the contrary in violation of stability,
in creation of tension and confrontations, crisis and conflicts in
the whole region.
Military doctrine being an officially announced system of views in
state's military security field. determines political-military,
political-strategic and political-economic basis of its military
security, including the directions of combat preparation of state
and armed force, methods and forms of its implementation.
The provisions of military doctrine of every state may alter depending
on thorough change of military security environment, military-political
situation, as well as on internal political development and radical
changes regarding strategic choice. In this regard, revision and
update of military doctrine from time to time is expectable. In order
to evaluate influence of military doctrinal views on establishment
of peace and stability, development of freedom and democracy, people
welfare integration in South Caucasus, first of all military doctrines'
of the region countries (Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), as well as
military doctrines of Russia, Iran and Turkey, which have traditional
interests in the region should be studies and evaluated in this regard.
The Center of Military Analyses and Research has prepared the document
"Military doctrines of regional countries - stability or the threat
of confrontation?" by support Open Society Institute - Assistance
Foundation. Today we publish the Military Doctrine of the Republic
of Armenia.
Military Doctrine of the Republic of Armenia
Military Doctrine (MD) of the Republic of Armenia approved in December
25, 2007, develops and specifies its provisions relating to defense
and military field of National Security Strategy (NSS) approved on
February 07, 2007.
AR MD represents the sum of official conceptual views defining
military-political, military-strategic, military-economic and
military-technical bases of military security guarantee. It is
indicated in the introduction part of MD that "Armenian Republic is
a warrantor of Dagliq Qarabag Republic, guarantees the security of
it and its chosen development way. It comes from the followings:
- from the realities of new national cleansing of Armenian people
suffered genocide in modern Azerbaijani territory (in Sumgayit,
1980-1990, Baku and other places);
- from the policy of Azerbaijani Republic on apply of military force
against the legal and peaceful self-determination of Dagliq Qarabag
people and their (Dagliq Qarabag people) involvement into the war
in 1988-1994;
- from the need of Dagliq Qarabag people's guarantee of their security,
who are exposed to permanent physical threat, which is conditioned
by the direction of Azerbaijani Republic's settlement of conflict by
the way of force;
- from the historical-territorial, moral-religious, ethnic and
cultural identity of Armenian Republic and Dagliq Qarabag Republic
and their population;
- from the indisputable political-legal bases of the fact of Dagliq
Qarabag people's self-determination in their own historical land;
- from the invariability of realities of formation of Dagliq Qarabag
Republic as a democratic, social and legal state;
- from the mutual relationship of adoption of security guarantee
issues of Armenian Republic and Dagliq Qarabag Republic".
Immediately after, defense character of MD and its direction to
military security guarantee of the country, reinforcement of peace
and stability in the region is noted.
As it is apparent from the text of the document, Armenia, which carries
out ethnic cleansing (1988-99) against Azerbaijani turks, as well
as against Muslim kurds in its territories, occupied 16% of neighbor
Azerbaijani territory (1992-93) and carries out ethic cleansing and
"burnt land" policy in this zone, openly supports armed separatism
movement of ethnic Armenians living in Dagliq Qarabag by comprehensive
assistance of Russia and being in territorial claim against other
neighbor Georgia and supports Armenian separatism movement in its
Chavakhetia region, places foreign military base within its territory
and thus, plays destructive role in the region together with Russia,
violates regional peace and stability and being of the main military
threat sources tries "to base", to disguise its expansionist policy
and to give defensive character to its military security policy.
We should also note that Armenia, together with being RF's
military-political ally and member of CSTO, at the same time plays
the role of transmitting of Russian destructive policy in the region.
MD's provisions with "defensive" character are implemented by means
of defense strategy and military planning. In the document, among the
list of main foreign threats (I part, I chapter) directed to military
security of Armenia:
- existence of Dagliq Qarabag conflict, tendency of Azerbaijani
Republic to get military advantage over Armenian Republic and
settlement of Dagliq Qarabag conflict by the military way, preparation
of military operations against Armenian Republic and (or) Dagliq
Qarabag Republic for this purpose;
- establishment, reinforcement and enlargement of unions directed
against Armenian Republic, particularly, strategic union of Turkish
Republic and Azerbaijani Republic, its steps on blockade of Armenian
Republic (this is considered as application of force);
- economic, transport and communication isolation or isolation attempts
of Armenian Republic, isolation of transit ways passing by the same
bordering states" are also indicated.
Although Armenia does not write openly its trying to give formally
defensive character to its doctrine, as it is obvious from the text of
document, that it considers Azerbaijan openly, by Turkey as a potential
enemy and creates its military security policy on the grounds of this.
Aggressor Armenia's defense and military policy in essence having
deceitful character found its reflection in the whole spirit of the
doctrine. Thus, it is noted in the 3-rd chapter of document relating
to the principles, that Armenian "Defense Strategy bases on the
principle of not attack and gives preference to diplomatic and other
non-military methods of military security guarantee, prevention of
threats and neutralization".
One of the main principles of AR military security guarantee is
also apply to ally and partner states in order to get necessary
contribution from them within the frames of alliance and partnership
liabilities. One of the main goals and duties of AR MD is also
"military security guarantee of "Dagliq Qarabag Republic" (the chapter
4). This provision demonstrates Armenian openly taking side in the
conflict, supporting ethnic separatism, its violation regional peace
and stability, and its being a real source of threat for security.
Unlike Azerbaijan Armenia mainly gives special importance to:
- throughout guarantee of military security and reinforcement of its
military-political positions;
- the total power of armed forces, as well as international military
and military-technical cooperation, international guarantee of military
security in order to keep relative equality (in fact, the superiority)
of military and military-political unions in the region.
Armenia among its priority directions of international military and
military-technical cooperation gives the main places to its strategic
ally Russian Federation, which plays the most destructive role in
the region and to CSTO, the leader of which is Russia.
Along with this, among the priorities in this field in the doctrine,
development of bilateral military cooperation with U.S, cooperation
with NATO and partners among the member-states of alliance within
the framework of Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and "Partnership
for Peace" are stipulated in the doctrine as well.
The completion of reformation of military security system in 2015 is
also considered in the Military Doctrine of Armenian Republic. Besides
this, the document will be reconsidered from the viewpoint of its
principles and goals.
The Center of Military Analyses and Research