Minister: Azerbaijani army ready to demonstrate April victory at any moment

In the April 2016 battles, the Armenian army was defeated only by a few units of the Azerbaijani army, Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov said at a press conference in Baku.

The minister said that the Azerbaijani army is ready to demonstrate the April victory at any moment.

"The servicemen do not start the war, but fulfill the military orders," he said. "Presently, the international situation does not allow to resort to the military actions. The Azerbaijani President is doing a great job to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully."

Hasanov stressed that the Azerbaijani army constantly strengthens its combat readiness.

"The Azerbaijani army is constantly developing and strengthening," he said. "Its combat readiness, psychological preparation is always at a high level. Armenia is very weak in this sphere. After the April 2016 battles, Armenian ex-President Serzh Sargsyan said that chr("39")Armenia was fighting by using the armaments of the 1980schr("39"), although they said once that Armenia has a strong army".