Although the situation along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact is relatively calm in the past two days, the Armenian military servicemen and volunteers, who are on duty at the military positions in Martuni Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), are vigilant and ready to push the adversary back, should it launch an offensive.

“It’s calm at nights, but we’re always at the military positions; always ready. They [i.e. the Azerbaijani armed forces] can’t be trusted,” volunteer Pavel Avagyan told the Armenian News-NEWS.am special reporter in Artsakh. “Even if all the Azerbaijanis were to attack on our positions, we are the masters; we are the masters of our lands.”

NKR Defense Army serviceman Armen Melkumyan, for his part, noted that even though in the past two days the adversary occasionally violates the ceasefire agreement that was recently reached, it gets an adequate response as well.

“We stand ready to prevent, in a very short period, any advance [by Azerbaijan] at any time,” he added.

NKR Defense Army soldier Gor Kirakosyan, in turn, assured that they are vigilant and that the violations by the adversary are prevented. 

“Even if they want to carry out a sabotage infiltration, they can’t; they wouldn’t have time. We’re standing here jus for that,” Private Kirakosyan said.

And NKR Defense Army serviceman Edgar Gevorgyan added that they had no fear during the recent four-day military actions, their team was always consolidated, and the adversary was forced back.

“We stand ready now, too; we’ll fight to the end,” Gevorgyan said. “I’ll keep this land at the cost of [my] blood, too.”