Azerbaijan's leadership is giving "Wehrmacht- style" orders, David Babayan, NKR President's Spokesperson, told ArmInfo when commenting on Azerbaijani defense minister's order to the manpower to immediately destroy any moving military object on the Line of Contact.
According to Babayan, such orders prove that inadequate persons are in power in Azerbaijan.
"Nevertheless, such orders, threats, and attempts can neither frighten us nor panic. If Azerbaijani forces make a sabotage attempt, breach the ceasefire or anyhow threaten our country, we will retaliate adequately," the Artsakh president's spokesperson said.
As for the current tension on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, Babayan explained this with a range of factors, including the approaching centennial of the Armenian Genocide - April 24.
"Ceasefire breaches intensify on April 24, on May 9 -Shushi Liberation Day. This once again shows the inferiority complexes of the Azerbaijani people and leadership," Babayan said and called Azerbaijan a nationalist country.
Earlier on April 22, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov met with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. "The personnel stationed along the contact line have been ordered to immediately destroy any moving military target, and the order is followed unconditionally," Minister Hasanov said.
It is noteworthy that Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan called a meeting of the Command Staff earlier today to underline the need the stay alert ahead of the Armenian Genocide Centennial. The minister said the adversary intensifies its sabotage attempts on the dates of special importance for the Armenian people. Seyran Ohanyan charged the Command Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces to closely follow the adversary's actions these days.