The use of force and the resumption of military actions should never be ruled out when it comes to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict especially given the presence of a belligerent Azerbaijan and anti-Armenian propaganda there, President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan said, pointing to continuous violations of the ceasefire agreement from the Azerbaijani part as a supportive argument of what he said.

"But the probability of widespread military operations is small. First of all, there is quite an effective balance of force between the conflicting parties.

Secondly, the war has unpredictable consequences, and the international community, particularly the mediator countries would hardly be interested in the unpredictability and instability in a strategically important region like the South Caucasus," said he.

At the same time Mr Sahakyan mentioned that Artsakh's Defense Army has a very high level of military preparedness and cannot only resist a potential aggression but also replace military actions deep into the aggressor's territories if need be.

"But a settlement of the Karabakhi-Azerbaijani conflict by force is the one that has fewer perspectives, and the experience of the previous war has shown that.

For that reason it is necessary that we spend our effort to prevent the resumption of military actions and resolve the issue at the table of negotiations. Knowing the war from our own experience we appreciate peace far more," said Mr Sahakyan.