YEREVAN. – Azerbaijan submitted the proposal to cease fire along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, and it did this by petitioning to the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.

Movses Hakobyan, Deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, told the aforementioned to RFE/RL Armenian service.

“And we will state this time as well that the Armenian soldier once again forced a ceasefire to the adversary,” he noted.

He stated that Azerbaijan began to prepare for war after the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 1994, and it became more actively engaged in this in the seven to eight years, when Aliyev junior came to power.

In his words, the Armenian side, however, had foreseen this move of Azerbaijan and taken appropriate measures.

“Their [i.e. the Azerbaijani armed forces] intention to reach all the way to [the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) capital city of] Stepanakert is from the field of dreams because Azerbaijan knows very well that it will fight where there is a [Karabakh] soldier for every piece of land, and fighting the adversary, he will never give that opportunity,” Hakobyan said. “Our defense is multilayered, and the adversary realized this during these [most recent military] actions.”

In his words, Armenian army is strong and prepared, and this was proved by the Armenian side’s successes during the four-day war along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact.

“Our youth, the army, proved that they are the children of the [Armenian] guys who crafted victory in [19]94, and passed [it] on to them,” he added. “I believe the adversary drew conclusions from all this, and if it again tries to attack on Artsakh in this way, it will get a more severe response.”