Yerevan /Mediamax/. According to the research conducted by Gallup International Association in Armenia, the population’s trust for the Army grew by 2.7% compared to last year.

Exclusive Representative of Gallup International in Armenia Aram Navasardyan made this statement at the meeting with journalists today, presenting the results of the survey on public response to the April war.

The survey was held on May 13-24, 1106 people participated in it. The sampling error of the survey is in between +/-3%.

72.5% of the surveyed believe war to be the most significat issue threatening Armenia.

46.7% believe that Azerbaijan’s attack in April was conditioned and ordered by external powers.

32.5% of the survey’s participants think that Azerbaijan provoked hostilities to suppress internal problems. 28.1% believe it was conditioned by excessive weapons supply to Azerbaijan from Russia and other countries. Almost the same percent (27.5%) of people think that Azerbaijan tried to solve the NK issue by force after loosing in negotiation process. 18.6% believe that Azerbaijan tried to exploit the internal political situation in Armenia.

1.8% of the surveyed found it hard to answer “How confident are you that Armenian and NKR Armed Forces will be able to counter-attack the rival?” question. 0.7% noticed that they are not confident, 4.8% are rather not confident, 31.3% are rather confident, and 61.4 % are confident that the armies are capable of a strong counter-attack.

According to 81.3% of the surveyed, Turkey was the country to enkindle the four-day war, 33% think it was Azerbaijan, 17.2% - Russia, 14.5% - USA and 1.1% - the European countries.

1.2% of the surveyed found it hard to answer “How do you estimate our Army’s readiness and competence in resisting large-scale attack?” question. According to 40.1%, the Army was absolutely ready, 44.3% believe it was rather ready, 11.1% - rather not ready, and 3.3% - not ready.

86.4% answered “What must be done to increase readiness for such attacks?” question, stating that new weaponry must be bought. 38.1% believe the solution is minimization of corruption in the army, 29% - increase of readiness of soldiers and officers, 20.5% - higher number of conscripts, and 1.7% - strong economy.