ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF CHIEF: IF BAKU LAUNCHES WAR IT WILL LOSE

PanARMENIAN.Net - The tension at the contact line between the Armenian and Azeri Armed Forces is preserved. As Deputy Defense Minister, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, colonel general Mikayel Harutyunian stated, Azeri leaders' aggressive statements cause the tension at the contact line. At that in his words, there are no abrupt changes at the contact line. "There is skirmish, there were a few victims and wounded from our side. However, it is not the number the Azeri party points out, but 10 times less," Harutyunian emphasized adding that "there are many victims from the Azeri side and the Armenian party has specific data about it." The Armenian general advised that the Azeri leadership refrain from militarist statements, as these automatically transfer to the officer personnel and the soldiers at the frontline, which entails the tension. "As a result they get many corpses and this refers not only to skirmish. Cases of mass beating of soldiers in Azeri troops are registered, as well as mass desertion," he informed. "I advise to calm down for the front line to become calm and it will allow to solve the problem via peaceful means," Mikayel Harutyunian accentuated. "The Armenian Armed Forces are ready to fulfill the tasks posed at them. I am sure that if Baku launches a war, it will lose. I have always said and I will keep saying - and this is not boasting - that we are well-informed about the combat efficiency of the Azeri Armed Forces and we are convinced that by starting a war they will lose not only the war, but also many lands and people," the Armenian General Staff chief summed up, reported Regnum news agency.