Open news feed Close news feed
A A

Vardan Khachatryan: Azerbaijan tries to drag Armenia into full-scale war (video)

Politics
266526237b3615a690e7565ff6cd6ae1

The downing of an Artsakh helicopter by Azerbaijan on November 12 was the continuation of the August events when Azerbaijan made numerous attempts to penetrate into the territory of Armenia, says former MP Vardan Khachatryan. He says Azerbaijan has been unable to digest its failures; therefore the country’s leadership took another provocative step to impress their people. “In the given situation, we should me most cautious not to be dragged into large-scale military actions,” he said. Mr Khachatryan says Armenia’s response should be well-calculated, but very painful. “The answer should be adequate to Azerbaijan’s action but I think that we shall be shrewd enough not to avoid confrontations especially now that everything around us is in flames,” he said. At the same time Mr Khachatryan called attention to the role of Turkey and reminded that the latter also assists the Islamic State group.