Yashar Djafarli: "War will show whether Armenian armed forces are stronger than Azerbaijan's, as is stated by official Yerevan"

"Armenians state that their armed forces are stronger than Azerbaijan's. The war will show whether they are right or no", Yashar Djafarli, chairman of the public association "Reserve and retired officers" said, commenting on the maneuvers, held by Armenians in their country and in the occupied lands.

In an answer to the question about possible secret conduction of maneuvers by Azerbaijan, he said: " There is not a country, which has its own armed forces, and does not carry out manures. Maneuvers are natural for any country and there is a special program of training for the purpose. Azerbaijan merely conducts such maneuvers without PR, unlike Armenians. This is caused, in particular, by Azerbaijan's intention to demonstrate its adherence to commitment on peaceful settlement of the Garabagh problem to the international community as well as its intention not to irritate neighbor Russia, which is one of the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group".

He noted that the war is always real.

"The most important problem has not been settled: Azerbaijani lands are still under occupation and Armenia refuses to free them. In fact, we are in a state of war. International organizations insist on the peaceful settlement of the problem and we have signed the due commitment. But who will guarantee that any local clash will not evolve into war in the current conditions?".

He considers that military actions will not be resumed at least in the next 2-3 years.

"Neither Azerbaijan nor Armenia are interested in it, primarily, due to the elections. Furthermore, none of sides is ready for war. Perhaps, the armed forces are ready to fulfill the tasks, set before them. But war is between the states and all state structures should get ready for it and active work must be carried out among the population, while no such works are currently observed", he said.  

/Day.Az/