NKR DEFENSE MINISTER: WE DID NOT LIBERATE TERRITORIES TO EXCHANGE
Lragir, Armenia
Dec 7 2006
On December 6 Lieutenant-General Seyran Ohanyan, the defense minister
of NKR held a news conference. First the reporters visited the Ivanyan
Military Academy, then the fourth defense area. The reporters were also
taken to the front line, where the press conference was held in a tent.
Commenting on the statement of Garnik Isagulyan, the adviser to the
president of Armenia that the territories were liberated during the
war in order to have something to offer in return for the status of
Karabakh, Seyran Ohanyan said: "These territories were liberated to
create a security area around Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as well as
to guarantee the peaceful existence of the people. We removed all the
emplacements from where the areas of the republic were shelled. Of
course, if we want to reach settlement of the Karabakh issue there are
going to be compromises and exchanges in the result of the talks and
the actions of the political leadership. If you can see, generally I
don’t speak about it. My purpose is to reinforce the front line and
struggle for every patch of land."