Two days in a row, the opponent is shelling the villages bordering Tavush marz by using artillery weapons of different calibers. Today, on September 3, in the interview with Aravot.am, in response to our question about the reasons associated with the tension of recent days and aggression by the opponent, the Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan (1999-2000) replied, “First, we need to understand what problem Azerbaijan pursues.
Similar situations have happened and will continue. With these incidents, Azerbaijan keeps tension both in Armenia’s and Nagorno-Karabakh’s contact line, try to create an atmosphere of fear with the population of Armenia. With such actions, it exerts pressure on the Minsk Group so that the co-chairs would bring a proposal that will generate from the interests of Azerbaijan. They are trying to put pressure on the countries that export oil saying that if you do not give a solution in favor of Azerbaijan, a war will begin. Under the threat of renewed war, it wants to reach the situation that Armenia and Karabakh would go for concessions. This is Azerbaijan’s goal. There is nothing else, because today Azerbaijan is unable to start a war, no matter it has huge sum of money. The military-political balance in the region does not allow it to start a war.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
