In 2017, no action by the Azerbaijani armed forces has gone unnoticed.

Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) Minister of Defense and Defense Army Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan stated the abovementioned at Wednesday’s press conference, as he summed up past year’s results in the military domain.  

First, he presented the provocative actions by the Azerbaijani armed forces in 2017. Subsequently, Mnatsakanyan reflected on the adversary’s military exercises, its installation work at the frontline, as well as its weapons’ and military equipment procurement.

The NKR defense minister noted that no action by the Azerbaijani armed forces went unnoticed in the year past and the Artsakh Defense Army took appropriate steps, which still will ensure the pacific lives of the people of Artsakh.

Summing up the year that passed, the NKR defense minister also said the Defense Army succeeded in maintaining peace and the safety of the people of Artsakh, and he assured that the NKR Defense Army is capable of preventing the adversary’s encroachments and fulfilling its military task with honor.