Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian was in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic over the weekend where he observed major military drills carried out near the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line-of-contact at Aghdam.
He was accompanied by Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakian, the Armenia’s Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian and other high ranking officials. According to the Armenian President’s press service, the leaders of Armenia and Karabakh were present at the military exercises, conducted observation of the defense area, and participated in the opening ceremony of the apartments built for the military staff.
Later, Sarkisian conducted a working meeting with the participation of the Army High Command, where he delivered a powerful speech, in which he warned that Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh will deal a “devastating and final” blow to Azerbaijan if it unleashes a new war in the South Caucasus and attempts to resolve the Karabakh conflict by force.
