Presently, the Armenian side does not have clear evidence of the involvement of “gray wolves”, militants of the “Islamic State” terrorist group in Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the four-day war in April. This was told by Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson and military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan during the meeting with students at YSU. He informed that one information is proven that a Turkish Armed Forces Reserve in the Azerbaijani Army was killed, “In such a case, you cannot voice a state targeted accusation because the man had gone to fight for his fraternal Azerbaijan.
Should we have information about the IS’s involvement, we will let you know in the near future. 60-70% of the victims of the Azerbaijani side who was the first to attack are the special forces of Azerbaijan, they were not conscripts; officers, warrant officers and contractual were fighting,” said Hovhannisyan. He immediately answered the question of why skilled officers were not fighting from our side, “First of all, it is an extreme military mistake to use only the professionals. Azerbaijan has no confidence in its armed forces, therefore, they took this initiative by pushing such armed forces to the front. Azerbaijan is proceeding by the way of eliminating its special units as in the whole world the special squad is prepared for 10-15 years.” Mr. Hovhannisyan also noted that colonel, lieutenant colonel and majors were among the victims of the Azerbaijani side.
Luiza SUKIASYAN
