DeFacto Agency, Armenia
March 10 2006
RA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE NOT TO TAKE SPECIAL MEASURES IN CONNECTION
WITH AGGRAVATION OF SITUATION ALONG CONTACT LINE
`RA Armed Forces are ready to suppress any encroachment of the
enemy’, RA Deputy Defense Minister Lt. General Arthur Aghabekyan told
journalists.
In his words, one should not speak about a war’s threat. `However,
any serviceman is aware of the fact that he must be ready to resist
incidents, both local and full-scale’, A. Aghabekyan said.
Deputy Minister also refuted the rumors about special measures the
Ministry of Defense is taking in connection with the activation along
the Armenian-Azeri contact line. `Moreover, even trainings with
involvement of persons liable to military service of the first
category reserve has not been planned for the coming months’, he stressed.