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16 March 2001 - 15:01 AMT

DEFENSE MINISTER OF ARMENIA DOESN’T THINK THE RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES ON THE PART OF AZERBAIJAN TO BE REAL

YEREVAN, March 16. /Mediamax/. Defense Minister of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian told the journalists today that he doesn’t think the resumption of hostilities on the part of Azerbaijan to be real.
Yet, the minister said that the possibility of war resumption shouldn’t be absolutely excluded.
Commenting on the fact of Turkey’s upcoming allocation of 3 million dollars to Azerbaijan for the needs of the Armed Forces, Serzh Sarkisian named this amount “insignificant”.
The cease-fire in the Karabakh conflict zone is preserved since May 1994. –0–