Combat Capacity: Premier Sargsyan assures the Armenian army can effectively resist aggression

Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan speaking in Gyumri last week made a curious statement, saying that over the past three years the country leadership has largely increased the level of army equipment, much more than during the previous 17 years of Armenia's independence.

"Our neighbor Azerbaijan is spending huge amounts of money on raising the combat-readiness of its army, in order to settle the Nagorno Karabakh issuer by force. We must ensure the safety of our citizens and the only way to do so is to have a strong, combat-ready army. Today we can say that over the past five years we have managed to achieve that," the premier said during his meeting with the activists of the Republican Party of Armenia.  Read more... (779 words)

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