Armenia to function the plan of the Armed Forces use in case of Azerbaijani aggression against NK: Seyran Ohanyan
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Yerevan, August 14, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan as an Armenian Christian depicts the Armenian foreign policy in the form of cross with vertical and horizontal array.
As “Armenpress” reports the minister clarified this in the meeting with the hawk participants on August 14, he considers the “vertical arrangement” to be propitious for Armenia, under which Seyran Ohanyan means the cooperation of Armenia with the Russian Federation, Georgia, Iran, and as a “horizontal arrangement” the minister emphasizes the problems among Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
According to the minister the events connected with Iran may develop in two ways for Armenia. In his opinion even in case of small encounters Armenia may have border problems, refugees, and it means that border service should be strengthened.
“And if our neighbors benefit from that, there is a conflict in the territory of NKR, there is an aggression towards NK from Azerbaijan, we have the plan of using the armed forces.”, assured the minister. “The Republic of Armenia is the guarantor of the Nagorno Karabakh nation and is obliged to provide their security with the NKR Defense Army. Moreover, the Armenian most powerful military unit is the Karabakh Defense Army. I have had the luck and it was my pride that I have served in the Karabakh army for over 20 years, 8 years of which I was a leader”, briefed Seyran Ohanyan.