“There is a political and psychological problem. The policy is as follows. Aliyev is convinced that Nikol will not win this election, and taking advantage of his weakness, Aliyev is trying to extort as much as possible from him,” first President of Armenia and head of the Armenian National Congress, Levon Ter-Petrossian, said in an interview with Public TV regarding the tension at the border and the capture of Armenian soldiers. “The psychology was the humiliated state of Azerbaijan for thirty years after its defeat. It is a heavy burden. We have just lost, and you feel the psychological state that is present. Azerbaijan has been in a difficult psychological situation for thirty years.
He addresses his people with that. He owed it to the people to get them out of that situation. The Armenian people demand from Nikol the same thing Azeris have demanded from Aliyev for thirty years. After the victory, I do not understand why Azerbaijan is taking such actions. The victorious side is usually generous, showing generosity towards the defeated opponent. The winner does not hate the loser. The loser hates the winner,” the first president said. According to him, “After the victorious war, we had Azerbaijani captives, and Azerbaijan had Armenian captives, about 20-25 people. I solely decided to return the Azeri captives. Vazgen Sargsyan and Serzh Sargsyan were with me. They said, but what if Azerbaijan doesn’t return the captives? I told them to relax because I knew Heydar Aliyev. All of our prisoners were returned on the same plane.”
Luiza Sukiasyan
