Armenia ready to solve Karabakh conflict 'once and for all' - president
15:31 15/11/2010 YEREVAN, November 15 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia will never attack first, but is ready to solve the Nagorny Karabakh conflict "once and for all," President Serzh Sargsyan said on Monday.
"In the event of a threat, we will be able...to solve the problem once and for all," Sargsyan's press service quoted him as saying at military drills in Nagorny Karabakh.
The exercises were also attended by Bako Saakyan, the president of the Azerbaijani breakaway region.
Sargsyan also said Azerbaijan's leaders "are preparing their people for war while we [are preparing our people] for peace."
Armenia will continue stocking up on arms and developing its armed forces, he added.
The Nagorny Karabakh conflict erupted in 1988, when the ethnic Armenian region claimed independence from Azerbaijan and sought support from Armenia. It has been de facto independent since a 1991-94 war that killed more than 30,000 people on both sides.
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