Tuesday, April 17 2018 14:12

ArmInfo.The non-constructive policy of Azerbaijan does not inspire optimism for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This was announced on  April 17 by RA candidate prime minister, third president of Armenia,  Republican Party leader Serzh Sargsyan from the rostrum of the  National Assembly of Armenia.

According to him, the expected and, at the same time, unexpected  actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in April 2016 were expected.  One of the lessons of that war, according to the candidate for prime  ministers, was that Armenia should no longer hope for the official  Baku's refusal from a forceful resolution of the issue. "We can never  hope that Azerbaijan will ever abandon its militant intentions to  resolve the Karabakh issue militarily, and the April war only proved  it," said Serzh Sargsyan. The second lesson, he said, was that  Armenia began to pay more serious attention to the reform of the  armed forces, their re-equipment, the formation of a  military-industrial complex and the solution of the social problems  of servicemen. "We will continue to pay special attention to  modernizing our army, maintaining the high morale of soldiers and  officers, not only modernizing the army with new foreign weapons, but  also developing our military- industrial complex," said Serzh  Sargsyan, adding that a close attention is paid to the social  security of officers of the armed forces, who must be confident of  their future.

Having stated that today the negotiation process on the Karabakh  conflict is "just worth it," Serzh Sargsyan stressed that the reason  for this is the position of Azerbaijan, which does not follow the  agreements reached earlier not only on the very document of the  settlement, but also on other items designed to reduce the level of  tension at contact line of troops. "Armenia is ready for a peaceful  settlement of the Karabakh issue if Azerbaijan rejects its views and  approaches to unilateral concessions from Armenia and Artsakh alone,"  the candidate for prime minister said.

The authority of Serzh Sargsyan as RA President was terminated on  April 9 after the election of the fourth president of Armenia, Armen  Sargsyan, who became the first head of state elected by the  parliament after the country's transition to a parliamentary form in  2015 board.