Backlash the only way to curb Azeri provocations – Armenian minister of defense

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19.01.2015, 13:43

The only tool enabling to contain Azeri military provocations at the border with Armenia is the retaliatory measures, Armenian minister of defense Seyran Ohanyan said on Saturday.

Backlash the only way to curb Azeri provocations – Armenian minister of defense

YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. The only tool enabling to contain Azeri military provocations at the border with Armenia is the retaliatory measures, Armenian minister of defense Seyran Ohanyan said on Saturday.

Under these circumstances when statements made by international organizations have no impact on Azerbaijan, Armenian military retaliation is the only way, Ohanyan said.

The minister said Azerbaijan is not giving up its traditional methods and does not want to understand the Karabakh conflict should be settled exclusively by peaceful means.—0--

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