Within 15 years of independence Armenia was able to pass a long way of development, a way without serious upheaval, as different from Georgia, head of the operation on liberation of Shushi, major general Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan stated. «However, as different from neighboring states, we do not have friends. Azerbaijan has allied Turkey, which provides much assistance to it. We were and we remain solitary. Only our Diaspora helps us. The Armenian people are creators, and it relies only on itself,» he remarked.

In the general's words, one of the major achievements of independent Armenia is creation of strong, efficient army, which is the most powerful in the region. «Azerbaijan constantly speaks of high rate of development of economy, threatens us with increase of its military budget, however the budget size does not decide everything and I do not trust Baku official numbers. At that it should be understood that Baku does not stay idle and prepares to a war. However, I am convinced that in the coming few years hostilities are unlikely in the conflict zone, as our army excels the Azeri one in alertness,» Ter-Tadevosyan underscored, reports IA De-Facto.