ArmInfo. The overall strategic situation formed around Armenia is stable, but this stability is fragile and full of numerous unpredictable circumstances. This was announced on October 24 by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the entrance to the lecture at the National Defense University of Defense, giving an assessment of the strategic situation being formed around Armenia.
According to him, serious military-political processes unfold very close to the Armenian borders, which are closely watched in Armenia. "I have recently presented my principled approaches to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, and now I do not see the need to repeat here what I said there, but I want to emphasize a few circumstances: First, at this stage we do not have the goal in Artsakh to solve or set military tasks.The task of protecting the civilian population of Artsakh from the indiscriminate enemy fire we have already decided and decided long ago.The peaceful settlement of the problem, among other conditions, must absolutely eliminate any military threat in Artsakh elations peaceful population of Artsakh ", - said the head of Armenia.
Secondly, according to Sargsyan, the Karabakh conflict does not really have a military solution. "Consequently, it is impossible with one hand to shoot, and on another - to negotiate in order to find this solution. Or we are negotiating, or shooting. We are ready for both. Negotiations should take place in the conditions of mutual trust, formed due to the silence of weapons. Given a short-term tactical or propaganda advantage, neither side decides for itself any significant issue. On the contrary, provocations make serious negotiations impossible. We did not carry out revenge and collective punishment, we do not and will not carry out. However, every military loss will trigger a counter-action directed against the enemy's military side, "the Armenian leader stressed.
According to him, ideology is the third group of accents. The Armenian leader noted that the Karabakh conflict is not of an ethnic or religious nature. According to Sargsyan, Armenia has no problem either with the Azerbaijani people, or even more so with the Muslim religion. "We are sure that the Azerbaijani people want peace, we just need to direct this desire in the right direction." From the very first day of the Artsakh liberation movement, we did everything within the framework of the law in force at that time and within the framework of international law. actions in accordance with the then current law of the USSR and international law.I do not know how much we should be grateful to our senior comrades who could instill in us this correct idea.This is for this reason we clearly say that the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh, the conflict differs from all conflicts in the territory of the former Soviet Union, not only because the origins of these conflicts are different, but primarily because everything is done in accordance with law and law, " stated the head of Armenia.
At the same time, he stressed that in the course of history and in the new period Armenia has withstood the most incredible conditions and continued its movement. "At the initial stage of the war, one foreigner asked me:" What are you hoping for? "I replied that we have many friends, but apart from ourselves and the Lord God, we do not hope for anyone else. continue to build a modern state that will be strong and competitive, will have armed with high technologies and ultra-modern weapons and you have a special role in realizing this vision, "Sargsyan concluded.