It is not realistic to talk about the "disbanding of the Defense Army" of Artsakh. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) foreign affairs minister Sergey Ghazaryan said this during Thursday’s Yerevan-Stepanakert videoconference.

"Whoever is familiar with the conflict knows that the Defense Army is the guarantor of the security of the people of Artsakh. We have been convinced of this many times. Such demands, especially in the conditions of aggressive rhetoric and provocations [by Azerbaijan], are not realistic. If we are to judge from the rhetoric of the Azerbaijani side, they always say about it. Yesterday the president of that country was talking about the same thing. The Defense Army ensures the security of the people of Artsakh," emphasized the Artsakh FM.