Military expert: Aliyev’s statement is amusing

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS:

The statement of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that at the parade organized in Armenia the tanks passed on carriers as they were not in a proper state is amusing and senseless causing smile of every serious specialist, military expert Davit Jamalyan told Armenpress commenting on the statement of the Azerbaijani president.

According to him, the generated mind of the political circles of Azerbaijan could not make up a more powerful argument than the improper state of Armenia's tanks. "It is a standard Azerbaijani-Turkish mentality," the military expert stressed.

Azerbaijani president also called Armenia an outpost meaning that Russian border guard troops also participated in the parade in Yerevan.

"First, it is known that Azerbaijan is trying to label the Armenian-Russian strategic alliance for humiliating it. They present the Armenian-Russian relations in the context of secondary-primary. If so, Azerbaijan is outpost of British Petrolium – just a territory from where oil is being exported, not more. While the allied nature of the Armenian-Russian relations is based on strategic interests. Armenia is as much interested in having good relations with Russia as the latter is. Thus, we should not pay attention to Azerbaijan's provocations," Jamalyan stressed.

He also added that the Armenian Armed Forces did not show everything they have. "They presented what they thought is necessary to present. They presented what is enough for maintaining the balance of forces and enough for restricting the aggressive strives," the expert said.