Serge Sargsyan: Armenia Does Not Want War, but Is Ready to ItMarch 7, 2006 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia does not want war, however is ready to it, Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan said in the course of a meeting with Russian journalists. In his words, availability of well-armed and combat worthy Armed Forces is a deterrent of resumption of hostilities in the region. The Armenian MOD head remarked, «the Armenian army has very good positions from the point of view of defense.» «During 12 years we were able to equip these positions well from the engineering point of view,» he remarked. S. Sargsyan considered conversations on arranging peacekeeping in Nagorno Karabakh premature. He remarked that to plan peacekeeping agreement of the parties and outlines of the peace accord should be available.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |