YEREVAN. - The fact that Azerbaijan unleashed large-scale actions all along the Line of Contact means that they had been preparing for this, but we were ready to this and submitted the corresponding information to competent institutions.

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told the aforementioned to journalists today, adding that corresponding work is underway in legal framework.

According to the Minister, for this very reason the Armenian side managed to resist the Azerbaijani aggression during the military actions sand achieved success.

Ohanyan also noted that the moral and psychological climate and the work of the entire Defense Army, which managed to correctly use the available military equipment, also played a great role.

“The adversary didn’t manage to achieve strategic success. The operative strategic initiative was in the hands of the Karabakh Defense Ministry thanks to the heroism shown by the servicemen. We bow to the memory of our heroes,” he concluded.