ArmInfo. The April 2016 war was a serious lesson for the Armenian army and a great test. The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, colonel- general Movses Hakobyan told journalists on April 2 in the military pantheon "Yerablur".
However, in his opinion, the April events allowed taking measures against possible adversary actions in the future. "During these two years, a fairly large-scale work has been carried out in the Armed Forces of the country, the problems that have arisen during the" four-day "war have been resolved, I can note that appropriate measures have been taken on this part, and the adversary will no longer be able to carry out such military actions, of course, this does not mean that it's done enough.The army and the war are phenomena that constantly demand new approaches in order to gain an advantage over the enemy, and we are working in this direction, "the colonel-general assured. And in this context, he added that any situation in the Armenian army is analyzed, conclusions are drawn, certain lessons are learned from this and appropriate steps are taken.
Answering the question that the representatives of the Republican Party believe that the territorial losses during the April war were not of strategic importance, Hakobyan stated that the people are not the Republican Party, and the people, and not the Republican Party, should make the decisions. Nevertheless, he also agreed with RPA representatives who maintain that the height of Lele-Tepe, lost by the Armenian side, was not of strategic importance.