RA Defense Ministry advises press service of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry not to present desirable for reality

PanARMENIAN.Net - The RA Defense Ministry disseminated a statement, which reads that Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Eldar Sabiroglu willfully commented on the interview of RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan to Interfax news agency.

Specifically, Sabiroglu spoke about allegedly “occupied” territories of Azerbaijan and noted that the Karabakh conflict settlement is delayed through the fault of Armenia.

The RA Defense Ministry's press service advises Sabiroglu not to give way to the temptation of presenting own desires for reality and not to aggravate the situation through bellicose statements and dissemination of disinformation. Such behavior not only contradicts the spirit of talks, but also serves a reason for worsening the situation on the contact line of the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces.

If Sabiroglu aims to have an impact on Armenia and increase the Azerbaijani armed forces' combat fervor, let him pay attention to the following part of the Armenian Minister's interview: “The Azerbaijani armed forces will never be able to exceed the Armenian and NKR Armed forces by efficiency. Hopefully, this fact will eventually convince the Azerbaijani leadership that there is no alternative to a peace resolution of the conflict.”

“Thus, we advise the Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry to exert efforts to conceive this reality,” reads the statement of the RA Defense Ministry.

Besides, information disseminated by Azerbaijani media that the full text of the interview of the Armenian Defense Minister has been withdrawn from Interfax website does not correspond to reality. Ohanyan’s interview was placed on Interfax new agency’s site of military news: http://www.militarynews.ru/excl.asp?ex=75.

In his July 20 interview to Interfax news agency, Armenia’s Defense Minister referred to Armenia-CSTO, Armenia-NATO, Armenia-Russia military and technical, as well as military and political cooperation, what has caused violent reaction of Azerbaijani media.

Besides, the Minister presented Armenia’s privileges in the development of defense industry and purchase of armaments within CSTO. Seyran Ohanyan also criticized Azerbaijan's militarist policy aimed at violation of the military balance in the region. He noted that Azerbaijan's militarist policy is a real threat to regional peace and stability.