YEREVAN. – The information about the adversary armed forces’ military buildup and active movements along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border surprises the military, first of all.

Artak Davtyan, Head of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, told the aforementioned to the Public Radio of Armenia, and added that such military buildup is natural.

“Just as we [i.e. the Armenian side] set up groupings and prepared for military operations after the events [in early April], armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan did the same across the NKR [i.e. the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/Artsakh] borders, in an attempt to perform certain tasks,” Davtyan said. “So, there is a [military] buildup [by Azerbaijan] in this regard, and it is natural.

“On the other hand, this buildup does not mean that Large-scale military actions will begin tomorrow. Taking into account the tension of situation, each side (…) is naturally carrying out preparatory work. On the other hand, the sides are showing the adversary their readiness and determination to perform the task so that a field is opened for starting political processes.

“I, as an official, can say that large-scale military operations are not expected in the near future. At the same time, we, as military, consider, even before the April events, that a war could start any day, and we need to be ready for it. And these incidents also showed that we are ready to fulfill such tasks.”