October 5, 2006 - 14:36 AMT
Armenian Side Has No Motive to Resume War
The Armenian side has no motive to apply force and resume war, military expert Ruben Meghrabyan stated in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. "Azerbaijan is another matter. "However, I think that in the foreseeable future our neighbor will lack resources to start war and reach the goals in a blitzkrieg. I would like to underscore that I consider military aspects maximally and even keep aloof of the political constituent, which is a priority in the 21st century. Anyway, a war is the continuation of politics, but not vice versa. Taleyran used to say that war is a too serious business to entrust it to military. In my opinion, the resolution of problems at the political level," the Armenian expert said. He also underscored that armies are important but "we have tanks and need no brain" formula will not do.

"I think that despite the difference in rhetoric both sides understand the impossibility of resumption of hostilities. The international community has no intention to tolerate the situation any longer and the OSCE Minsk Group is working at the details pressing on the sides in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to sign a framework agreement," Meghrabyan said.

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