RPA Deputy Chairman Armen Ashotyan expressed the opinion at the Hayeli press club on November 5 that Armenia is in the current situation because after November 9 last year the Armenian people could not remove from power the group that was “responsible for the devastating, treacherous war, for the thousands of victims, and loss of the homeland. Why was it important to remove the government then? For two simple reasons. First, it was necessary to show the world that Armenia will not kneel and that the Armenian people have dignity.
Therefore, we would not allow them to bring regional projects at the expense of our national interests – 3 + 3 or communication projects, which do not include the national interest of Armenia, to consider us as a coin in geopolitical games.” Armen Ashotyan mentioned that the government is responsible for the problems that existed before and after November 9. “When asked directly in the National Assembly why the troops withdrew from the Kubatlu-Zangelan section, Nikol cynically said, ‘Yes, I gave that order.’ And let me remind you, he also hinted that if the troops did not withdraw, there would be a new war.
Now let’s understand two important things about where he is throwing us again. First of all, if the troops had to be withdrawn from Zangelan and Kubatlu, why was it not written in the November 9th document? After all, when the Putin-Aliyev-Pashinyan document was signed, in that document all the regions were written according to the schedule- when we needed to hand over Kelbajar, Aghdam, Fizuli, and so on.
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Why weren’t Zangelan and Kubatli written then? In other words, it was obvious, wasn’t it, that at the moment when the war was stopped and there was no demand for the withdrawal of Armenian troops from those territories, then there really is no such demand. In other words, there could not be a war there. Then, on December 17, almost 40 days after the signing of the treacherous document, he said that if I did not withdraw with the troops, there would be a war. Sorry, but Russia was the guarantor of the ceasefire and the cessation of all hostilities. Why did Nikol scare us 40 days after the war when there was a ceasefire on November 9 under the patronage and guarantee of Russia?
In other words, it is obvious that Nikol Pashinyan is not only lying, but not withdrawing with the troops was not fraught with hostilities. Let me say the third thing. Well, you surrendered the lands and withdrew the troops. Why did you pull back, exposing up to 21 kilometers of the Goris-Kapan road, which is of strategic importance to us, like a nerve? It is clear that he did this as a betrayal of our interests and went unpunished.”
Ashot HAKOBYAN
