YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Army never initiates preemptive attacks and it is for preventive actions. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan stated this at the course of the briefing with the journalists held on December 10. Also, the Minister underscored: “We never violate the ceasefire regime ourselves, but we must respond, when our neighbors violate it. They lose their vigor, when we give a worthy response to them.”

Among other things, Seyran Ohanyan highlighted: “2014 was a quiet intense year for the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh. There have been various subversive and reconnaissance actions. Actually, carrying out the defensive functions is not the only function of the Defense Army, but preventive actions as well, which, in many cases, are carried out outside of our territory. The reason must be found in the provocations of the Azerbaijani side and the rival must be conscious of its own guilt.”