"If Azerbaijan continues its provocations and attempts to unleash a new
war, the aftermaths will be disastrous for Baku. Azerbaijan on its bended knees
will be asking for truce like it did in 1994," General Manvel Grigoryan,
President of Yerkrapah Volunteer Union, told ArmInfo when commenting on the
Wednesday shot down of an unarmed helicopter by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
"On your bended knees you will be asking for
truce, but this time the military actions will be in Baku," General
Grigoryan said. He assured ArmInfo that all the veterans of the Karabakh War
stand ready to defend Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh again if necessary.
To recall, a helicopter MI-24 of the NKR Armed Forces
with three officers on board was shot down Wednesday at about 1:45 PM local
time while making a training flight in the air space of the eastern part of the
Line of Contact between the armed forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan. The Azeri
serviceman that shot down the helicopter has been awarded a medal.