"KARABAKH’S SECURITY FACING NO SERIOUS THREATS"
Panorama.am
20:28 12/09/2007
Today during a question and answer session in the National Assembly,
Mher Shageldyan, of "Legal State," tried to find out if there was
anything new in the negotiation process concerning Karabakh.
Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, answering the question, said there
was nothing progress in the negotiations, and said that the Minsk
group presidents would be visiting the region on September 15, in
other words, would be visiting Stepanakert.
"I trust that there is nothing threatening the security of Karabakh,
even counting the general economic progress Azerbaijan is gaining
due to oil. If we look into things, we see that the goals of the
Azerbaijani government often do not see reality," Sargsyan said,
remembered the 2007 statement by the Azerbaijani government that
their military budget would be the size of Armenia’s entire budget.
"Our state budget, as it turns out, is over twice their military
budget. Their military budget is only that of our 1998 state
budget. Their 2008 military budget is only a small part of their
national budget," he noted.
Sargsyan then added that the Armenian government has offered measures
for the military balance in the region to maintain an even balance.