During the discussion organized by the Truth for Generations initiative, which was attended by the parents and family members of the young people killed during the 44-day war, the question was raised: was it possible to exclude or stop the 44-day Artsakh war? I Have Honor faction MP Tigran Abrahamyan answered, “After the well-known events in Tavush in mid-August, it was obvious that Turkey and Azerbaijan were planning military operations.
The Armenian, Russian, and Azerbaijani press and Telegram channels spoke about it. It was obvious that quite large mobilization processes were going on. Even in the Azerbaijani press it was obvious that cars and trucks were being recruited, and reservists were being assembled in Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan. People who had little knowledge of what a mobilization resource was had to anticipate and do the work necessary for their safety.” According to him, we started the mobilization processes quite late. “The armed forces had not been brought to a proper state of war, especially the Defense Army, where this was not carried out in any way. The recruitment process should have been carried out by replenishing military units, not by sending troops to the front. Another important circumstance was that an assessment should have been made in line with the situation and presented to the political leadership, which would have made a corresponding decision.”
Tigran Abrahamyan assured that we had the opportunity to stop the war and stressed, “The head of the state that had a mediation mission spoke about it openly. He spoke publicly about the fact that, for example, he made such an offer on October 19, but to his surprise, the Armenian authorities did not accept it. If we could have stopped the war on October 19, according to my calculations, we would have had 2,000-2500 fewer casualties, fewer wounded, fewer didabled, and, of course, we would have had far fewer lost territories. Only Hadrut, not Shushi. We forget that Azerbaijan also took villages from the Martakert, Askeran, and Martuni regions. In fact, if we had made the right political decision at the time, we would not have reached this point, of course.”
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