YEREVAN. - Relations with Azerbaijan cannot be improved without mutual trust, said the presidential candidate, incumbent President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, speaking to voters in Noyemberyan region.

“I am often asked how and when we can expect to establish relations with Azerbaijan. I cannot say anything optimistic about this. Every day as you do, I also see the statements of the Azerbaijani leadership that the lands of Armenia are their historical territories. And it is said by the head of a country, the name of which came less than a hundred years ago. Hence, [according to Azeri logic] there was not state with such name, but the land was already there? And this attitude towards Armenia and Armenians is considered normal.

It is impossible to solve this problem without free will, without mutual trust. And if the problem is not solved, then this state of relations will continue, softening or sharpening at times. I say this with such ease in front of you, the residents of the bordering region. And do not really worry about all that. Of course, our common goal is to have a neighbor with whom we can peacefully coexist. All we want, to eliminate losses in our army. Most of all, I would like us to cut spending on the military needs for ten times, to ensure the peaceful development of the country. But now the defense spending for us is necessary, so that the results of our work not to slip through the fingers,” stressed Serzh Sargsyan.