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ARMENIA READY TO PREVENT ANY PROVOCATION ON CONTACT LINE WITH AZERBAIJAN - SARGSYAN
Interfax
June 7 2012
Russia
Armenia adheres to peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict but will
react to every destabilization attempt along the contact line with
Azerbaijan, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Armenian journalists
while visiting Japan.
"We do not want an escalation of tensions but we will react to every
provocative action against our citizens, borders and Karabakh,"
he said.
"The Armenian Armed Forces have been ordered to stay reserved and
vigilant and to prevent any provocations," Sargsyan said.
"I have always said that provocations alongside the contact line
are very dangerous. I have also said that the provocations will be
deterred firmly. Incidents of the past few days are a proof to that,"
the presidential press service quoted Sargsyan to Interfax.
"Either the provocations were ordered by the Azeri administration,
which, in that case, was personally responsible for the violation
of ceasefire commitments, or the national Armed Forces are beyond
control of their commanders, and, in that case, we must deal with
particular field commanders instead of an organized army," he said.
Armenia has no reasons for using military force, because it deems
"negotiations to be the only way of settling the Karabakh conflict,"
the president said.
"The conflict must be settled on the basis of the Karabakh people's
right to self-determination," he said.
Regretfully, provocations were made on the day Armenian and Azeri
intellectuals were meeting in Moscow by the Russian initiative to
build up confidence and the secretary of the state of the U.S. - a
country co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group - was visiting the region,
Sargsyan said.
Activity along the Armenian-Azeri contact line has intensified lately.
The Armenian Armed Forces prevented a new Azeri incursion in the
northeastern sector of the contact line on Wednesday evening.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said that two incursions were deterred
early in the morning on Monday and Tuesday. There were casualties on
both sides in both cases.
Another attack of Azeri servicemen was deterred on the Karabakh border
early on Wednesday morning. One serviceman of the unrecognized republic
died and two were injured.
From: Baghdasarian
Interfax
June 7 2012
Russia
Armenia adheres to peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict but will
react to every destabilization attempt along the contact line with
Azerbaijan, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Armenian journalists
while visiting Japan.
"We do not want an escalation of tensions but we will react to every
provocative action against our citizens, borders and Karabakh,"
he said.
"The Armenian Armed Forces have been ordered to stay reserved and
vigilant and to prevent any provocations," Sargsyan said.
"I have always said that provocations alongside the contact line
are very dangerous. I have also said that the provocations will be
deterred firmly. Incidents of the past few days are a proof to that,"
the presidential press service quoted Sargsyan to Interfax.
"Either the provocations were ordered by the Azeri administration,
which, in that case, was personally responsible for the violation
of ceasefire commitments, or the national Armed Forces are beyond
control of their commanders, and, in that case, we must deal with
particular field commanders instead of an organized army," he said.
Armenia has no reasons for using military force, because it deems
"negotiations to be the only way of settling the Karabakh conflict,"
the president said.
"The conflict must be settled on the basis of the Karabakh people's
right to self-determination," he said.
Regretfully, provocations were made on the day Armenian and Azeri
intellectuals were meeting in Moscow by the Russian initiative to
build up confidence and the secretary of the state of the U.S. - a
country co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group - was visiting the region,
Sargsyan said.
Activity along the Armenian-Azeri contact line has intensified lately.
The Armenian Armed Forces prevented a new Azeri incursion in the
northeastern sector of the contact line on Wednesday evening.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said that two incursions were deterred
early in the morning on Monday and Tuesday. There were casualties on
both sides in both cases.
Another attack of Azeri servicemen was deterred on the Karabakh border
early on Wednesday morning. One serviceman of the unrecognized republic
died and two were injured.
From: Baghdasarian