Expert: Azerbaijani armed forces were never victoriousJune 4, 2011 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press office, Eldar Sabiroglu, who never participated in military operations is not competent enough to assess the fighting efficiency of the Azerbaijani army, an Armenian political analyst said. Earlier, Sabiroglu described the Azerbaijani army as the strongest in the South Caucasus. “Theoretic assumptions which originate from defective knowledge sound ridiculous,” head of Voskanapat analytical center Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “Azerbaijani armed forces were never victorious. During the years of Karabakh war, the only ‘success’ of Azerbaijan was the seizure of Shahumyan and Getashen, an operation that became possible only with the help of the soviet divisions. As to the real ‘strength’ of the Azeri army, it was clearly demonstrated after withdrawal of the soviet troops,” he said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |