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The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) army is capable of ensuring the safety of its people without side forces. 

NKR Defense Minister Movses Hakobyan stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Wednesday, as he recapped the passing year, reports the RFE/RL Armenian service.  

Overall, as per Hakobyan, the year is ending on a positive note. The number of deaths and injuries in the army, the adversary’s shots fired at the frontline, and the infiltration attempts of its intelligence groups have decreased as compared to the previous year.

In his words, the NKR Defense Army has been complemented with new weaponry and military equipment, and the number of contract-based military servicemen has increased by about 350 people.        

“Today, the [NKR] military serviceman at the frontline cannot be shot by the adversary unless he infringes upon the safety rules. And the diversionary intelligence groups [of the adversary] cannot infiltrate without being noticed,” the NKR defense minister stated.        

Hakobyan also commented on the news being disseminated, according to which Russian peacekeeping troops may be deployed in Karabakh following Armenia’s decision to join the Russian-led Customs Union. He stated that this matter was not and will never be discussed.

“The Karabakh army, the state do not need peacekeeping forces,” Movses Hakobyan concluded.

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