Vahan Dilanyan: “The Ministries of National Security and Defense operate with a high efficiency”

Today the Head of the Political developments research center, the political scientist Vahan Dilanyan was the guest of the “Tesaket” (“Point of view”) press club. He spoke about the last developments over the Azerbaijan-Karabakh problem.

“The following Azerbaijani aggression against the Nagorno Karabakh on June 18 has shown that the renewal of military actions by Azerbaijan is not a myth as it was sowed in the public. Similar checks by means of fight, being a complex of standard measures, also suppose a preparation of means for possible military actions”, the political scientist mentioned.

“Our authorities always were constrained in their statements and it is normal, it is a behavior of the won country. However they have missed the moment that such a behavior also seriously influences on a moral and psychological condition of the society. With this, the peace propagation via various channels is conducted”, said Dilanyan. “The peace is fine, no normal person wants war, however such a climate of peaceful disposition could influence effectively on the Karabakh conflict resolution only if the same course was conducted in Azerbaijan as well. Meanwhile the state policy of Baku more and more complicates the perception of the peace for Azerbaijanis.”

Touching upon the fact of the acceptance of the military doctrine in the Azrbaijani Milli Mejlis, Vahan Dilanyan mentioned, that thereby Azerbaijan doubly legalized the right to solve the Karabakh issue by force, considering, that the concept of National security of Azerbaijan, confirmed in 2007, called for the possibility of “the restoration of territorial integrity by force”.

The political scientist mentioned that these steps do not speak about the renewal of war from Azerbaijan yet, and that by the same principle, for example, the factor of energy-resources security also causes doubts in the renewal of hostilities. However, he noted those factors and conditions which together or separately testify to war renewal: the military expenditures exceed 2 billion dollars, the bellicose statements, the absence of the peace agreement, the probable recession of the Azerbaijan economy in 2012, the emotional factor of the political decision maker, instigation and so forth.

Considering the above mentioned factors and conditions as “necessary, but not sufficient” for the renewal of military actions, the Head of the Political developments research center nevertheless mentioned, that there is a constant threat from Azerbaijan and at any moment it can turn in real from the potential, and he advised to the authorities to activate appropriate public policy in this direction.

Dilanyan also stressed the importance of effective activity of the power structures, having allocated the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Defense: “The Ministry of National Security works effectively especially in respect of counter-espionage: an important example – the reveal of an Armenian lieutenant colonel of last year who was transferring information of strategic importance to the Azerbaijani special services, and with this a spy of Azerbaijani nationality and the citizen of Iran was disclosed. And the Ministry of Defense in perfection supports the military spirit of the Armenian army unlike the Azerbaijani defense sector where the not sufficient level of the social protection of the servicemen, the corruption, reaching of the improbable sizes and the nepotism continue to call into strict question the level of fighting trim of the Azerbaijani army.”