Holding of large-scale military exercises in Azerbaijan once again proves that we are dealing with a fascist country,  Spokesperson for the Artsakh Republic president Davit Babayan told  Armenian News - NEWS.am, noting that the press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan gave a detailed assessment of the announced exercises of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

According to Babayan, over the past period, indeed, there has been a drop in tension on the contact line between the Artsakh and Azerbaijan armed forces. 

“Yes, this is a fact, but we must review the situation not only from this point of view," Babayab said, noting that it is necessary to examine how many military exercises Azerbaijan held in 2018." Artsakh and Armenia are naturally the target of the announced large-scale exercises. That is, we are really dealing with a fascist and Nazi country, which did not abandon its perfidious, inhuman plans. We are not going to be scared, we will continue to develop and strengthen our country, increase the combat capability of our army, and conduct correct geopolitics. This is the key to resisting such aggression, ”Babayan said.

From 11 to 15 March 2019, Azerbaijan’s army is planning large-scale military drills of an offensive nature. However, within the scope of the document signed in Vienna, the participating countries have not been notified about this. Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan has issued a statement on this on his Facebook page, assuming that the military drills have been organized in the context of the Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting and is an attempt for pressure.