ArmInfo.The military actions in Tavush and the April four-day war cannot be compared. Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan stated this on August 19 at a press conference.
The third president noted that there is a huge difference between large-scale hostilities, which were fought over an area of more than 200 km, and a military clash that took place on an area of several hundred meters.
"I am glad that our armed forces showed their best side in Tavush and confidently fulfilled the important task assigned to them. And now no one can talk about the fact that our army is not combat-ready. I would like to note that after the ceasefire concluded in 1994, there have been numerous cases of improvement by the Armenian side of its positions in different directions of the border," Sargsyan stressed. Sargsyan also stated that the Armenian side did not know in advance that Azerbaijan intended to unleash large-scale military actions in April 2016. "In this case, there is some omission in the work of the Armenian intelligence. However, it should be noted that even the most advanced intelligence structures cannot have complete information," the third President of Armenia assured. He stressed that the US intelligence services are the best in the world, however, even they did not have information about the tragedy that occurred on 11 September.