Yerkrapah Volunteer Union stands ready to protect homeland in case Azerbaijan launches an offensive, Yerkrapah Board chairman said.

“If Azerbaijan dares attack our statehood, Artsakh, we will resort to retaliatory measures,” Manvel Grigoryan said.

He further noted Armenia’s readiness to defend itself whilst refraining from attacking the enemy first.

Today, February 18 Yerevan hosted the 9th meeting of Yerkrapah Volunteer Union during which Manvel Grigoryan was reelected to the post of Board chairman.

A statement was also approved confirming Union's support for Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in foreign and domestic policy issues.

Yerkrapah Volunteer Union was established in 1993. It currently comprises over 10 thousand members, most of them being veterans of Karabakh war.