YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian foreign ministry is one again calling for stopping the arms race in the region, but it is noting that this call oughtn’t be confused with a lack of capabilities of Armenia.

“The arms race in the region is always open in our agenda,” foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan said at a press briefing today. “Caretaker Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has also mentioned this during the OSCE Ministerial Conference. For the record, what for some is a business, is a lethal tool for our people. This issue is being raised by the foreign ministry in multilateral arenas. However, this statement of ours shouldn’t be confused with a lack of capabilities, we can confidently note that the Armenian military has sufficient capabilities for defending the security of Artsakh and Armenia,” she said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan