ArmInfo. The situation at the forefront of the past year and a half, not counting short-term exacerbations, is generally stable and calm. On July 23 in the center of "Orbeli" on the discussions devoted to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan.
Therefore, he found it difficult to say what this lull is due to, leaving it to the court of expert circles. Nevertheless, Hovhannisyan considered the trend to be positive, since it allows you to devote more time to combat training.
"But parallel to the reduction of tension on the front line, we see the intensification of combat training from the enemy or imitation of this, which is manifested in an increase in the frequency of the Azerbaijani- Turkish exercises and their magnitude," Hovhannisyan said, focusing on the intensive armament of the Azerbaijani army and aggressive rhetoric authorities of AR. Nevertheless, according to the press secretary of the Defense Ministry, the aggression in the tone of the Azerbaijani authorities has weakened somewhat lately.
Speaking about the Armenian army, Hovhannisyan stated that the Armed Forces continue to arm and modernize. <The process of purchasing modern Russian fighters continues. In addition, as the Armenian Minister of Defense stated yesterday, surprises are expected in the procurement process. The best method of preserving peace, increasing the combat readiness of our own armed forces, "said the representative of the Armenian Defense Ministry.
At the same time, he agreed with the opinion that Armenia cannot shoot with one hand and negotiate with the other. <But no one can talk to us in the language of blackmail. It is necessary to understand - either we are negotiating or shooting. We can also shoot, even better than the enemy. In Azerbaijan, they should understand that they are not monopolists of force rhetoric, "he said. Referring to the bill adopted by the US House of Representatives to ban the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan, which can be used against the civilian forces of Artsakh, Hovhannisyan stressed that Armenia only welcomes such initiatives. "It would be good if such laws were passed in all countries of the world," he concluded.