Tigran Abrahamyan: Armenian army, defense chiefs not in control of situation

Panorama,  Armenia

Dec 29 2020

The Armenian military failed to react to the unverified reports of closing arms and ammunition depots and not providing them to volunteer units in the recent Artsakh war, Tigran Abrahamyan, the head of the Henaket Analytical Center and the Artsakh president’s former security advisor, said on Tuesday.

“Does the army command realize that especially in the recent period the course of the official policy of holding them fully responsible for the defeat in the war and the collapse of the system has intensified?

Does the chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces know that those who have access to different government offices here and there claim that the General Staff, commanders, officers are responsible for our defeat?

Does the army’s top brass believe that it has the opportunity to make the armed forces effective again, carry out reforms and deal with serious problems under the current government? Most certainly no!

And if the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense think so, I will say right away: you are ignorant people, who are not in control of the situation. Moreover, your presence is an additional threat to our country and people,” he wrote on Facebook.