The press conference was summoned to summarize the results of the first yearly educational quarter of the Army and the developments of April, as well as outlining the ongoing and further activities’ important directions. Prior to a Q&A, the Commander briefed on the general main activities in his introductory remarks, noting that the Defense Army has fulfilled its duties and realized all planned actions.
“Putin clarified Russia’s position in Baku. He stated that Russia would like that there were no winners or losers, but a mutually acceptable settlement was recorded. For the time being, I think there are no settlement plans, or, even if they are available, they won’t be discussed on account of moods in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Occurrences in Yerevan also complicate negotiations, as clear calls and claims were heard.”
“Of course, on account of the mistakes, we implemented different military trainings, on the basis of which lay the issue of developing new strategy, new operations and arrays,” he said.
What decolonization may be touched upon? I think, it’s a myth, which has no connection with the reality, however, it’s beneficial for these or those political powers. Sorry for my sincerity, but people in Baku speak Russian much better, than in Armenia. What decolonization may be touched upon—cultural, economic? Armenian people have both positive and negative peculiarities, which prevent their development, in particular, in any place, in anything seeking for problems, but not in their own person.
“I believe that Moscow has always thought that Armenia would stay in the Russian call, no matter what historically the Armenians feel surrounded by Turks and they have no choice, but the recent changes in the international environment have been that some in Armenia are prepared to look to the West, to look the foreign new vector of relations.”
Turkey stands ready to do its utmost in implementation of these solutions. Turkey expects full normalization in this region which is possible through respect for international law and Armenia’s putting an end to the occupation”, said the ambassador. Note that U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick told APA that the Co-Chairs are prepared to travel to Ankara to meet with senior Turkish officials at any time and we are awaiting an invitation for specific dates.
“The report has been sent to the international structures with the purpose of spreading more information, bringing attention in order for people to pay much attention to the NKR events and follow the developments. In other words, in this case this is not a formal situation, it will be formal, for instance, in case of the international tribunals,” Ruben Melikyan said.
On August 4 at 09:30, a soldier Vahan V. Mikayelyan, born in 1997, received fatal wounds in the conservation area of a military unit located in the northern direction of the NKR Defense Army. The details of the case are still unknown. An investigation is underway to clarify the details.
“Overnight August 2-3 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime for 31 times by firing more than 350 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions in Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.”
“I have really dedicated my entire conscious life to this issue. And I have always been ready to sacrifice not only any position, but also my life for achieving an acceptable option for my people. This was like this yesterday, and this is how it is today: and it will be the same tomorrow. I will underscore by summing up, as a state, we got out of this challenge even stronger. And we are more intended today to move our agenda of positive changes forwards even more accelerated. And we will talk more detailed about this soon”, the President said.
