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The command staff of the NKR Defense Army constantly makes efforts to avoid extraordinary situations as much as possible and reduce the losses to the minimum, NKR Defense Minister, Commander of the NKR Defense Army Movses Hakobyan told Armenpress news agency in an interview.

“The death of each soldier is a serious loss for the commend staff of the Defense Army as they are not just common soldiers for us, but sons, brothers and Armenians who could have a family, strong future and contribute to the development of our motherland if they remained alive.

“It should be noted that despite the aforesaid reasons, the command staff of the Defense Army constantly makes efforts to avoid extraordinary situations as much as possible and reduce the losses to the minimum. I would like to mention that in 2012 we recorded the lowest amount of losses as compared to the previous years and the losses of the Defense Army in the current year decreased by 40 percent compared to the previous year. Notwithstanding, this reduction is not a criterion for us. It will be a criterion for us when the deaths in the Army are totally excluded. This is a very complicated but solvable issue,” Mr Hakobyan said.

“In accordance with my promise, in 2012 and 2013 the Azerbaijani army gave 5 victims or injured for each of our loss. Nevertheless, notwithstanding this statistics, in comparison with the Azerbaijani army, we do not accept the loss of even one Armenian soldier. Our aim is to exclude the fatal cases in the army during military duty or in any other situation.”