Azerbaijan boasts military superiority as Armenia simulates response to war

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes Armenia will lose if hostilities resume over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

"I have no doubt that Armenia will flee the battlefield if the active phase of the war starts," Aliyev said in remarks broadcast on the state television channel AzTV on Monday.

"We have every opportunity to regain control of our territory," he added, reports Bloomberg.

The Azeri leader's statement came as Armenia went into three-day "command-and-staff" exercises simulating the country's combat-readiness and response to a possible aggression by Azerbaijan.

Earlier this month Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said that on June 25-27 top military and civilian officials across Armenia will practice "the launch of the state-military state system at a time of war and the organization of resistance to aggression".  Read more... (336 words)

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