"We need not give in to Azerbaijan's adventurism and provocations" (video)
Our army is the achievement of our people. It is our pride and the guarantee of our security, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos), said on January 28 on the occasion of Army Day. “Many in Azerbaijan say today that the Soviet army helped Armenians during the war and without them we could not have won the war. But it is not true. We have powerful soldiers who can protect our borders. Our task today is to protect Armenia and Karabakh,” he said adding that Azerbaijan is violating all international norms and agreements. In the given situation Azerbaijan is doing everything possible to waken Armenia but unlike them, we are one nation. Foreign nationals make 60 percent of Azerbaijan’s population but they are presented as Azerbaijanis,” he said. “Even media representatives in Azerbaijan are well aware of their status; they are executing the order of authorities. But people in Azerbaijan do not want war, it is the government of the country that is instilling hatred in them against Armenians, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan said. Major General Astvatsatur Petrosyan added that Azerbaijan does not care for the death of its soldiers. Human losses are unimportant to the country’s leadership: that is why their short-sighted policy results in more deaths. “Our army has progressed greatly as compared with 1992. It is strengthening year by year and we need not give in to Azerbaijan’s adventurism and provocations because of a few shots,” he said.
