Nagorno Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan said his country never excludes a possibility of a new war in the conflict zone, specifically against the background of Azerbaijan’s ongoing threats.

“However, large-scale hostilities are unlikely. War is pregnant with unpredictable consequences and the international community will hardly allow destabilization of a strategically important region as South Caucasus,” he told Military Diplomat magazine.

“Nagorno Karabakh’s defense army is extremely efficient and capable to rebuff any aggression. Anyway, conflict settlement by use of force has no prospects. We have survived a war and know the value of peace,” President Sahakyan said.