DAVID JAMALYAN: THERE ARE NO IDEAL ALLIES
Karen Ghazaryan

“Radiolur”
17:45 27.06.2013

Analyzing the supply of Russian weaponry to Azerbaijan in the context
of the Armenian-Russian relations, military expert David Jamalyan said
“there are no ideal allies.”

According to him, the Armenian-Russian alliance is an alliance based
on equality, i.e. we are as important to Russia as Russia is important
to us. Therefore, taking this principle into consideration, we must
not feel embarrassed to pose any question to our strategic partner.

David Jamalyan noted that Baku is buying weapons, which would help
break our defense on the Artsakh front. This is the logic Azerbaijan
is following, he said.

The expert is confident, however, that the recent purchase of arms
will not help Azerbaijan reach its objective.

“This is, of course, a step forward toward that objective, but that’s
not enough. Baku will be unable to break our defense in several
directions,” the expert said, adding that Armenia possesses weapons to
restrain the rival’s aggression and neutralize the enemy’s important
infrastructures. Nevertheless, according to the expert, we deal with
a new stage of arms race. Therefore, Armenia will take steps not to
hang behind.

At the same time, Jamalyan quoted Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan as saying that “Armenia will not blindly follow the Azeri
lead to engage in that arms race.”

Political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan does not agree that we
should follow Azerbaijan’s example.

David Jamalyan: There are no ideal allies

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress