On April 17, Pashinyan has plans regarding the publication of the 44-day report. Why did he skip the important episodes of the war in the National Assembly? to publish where we referred to the speech of Seyran Ohanyan, the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, head of the “Armenia” faction, regarding the 44-day war of 2020 during the discussion of the 2025 performance of the RA government’s plan in the National Assembly.

“The generals you mentioned fled through that area, and I believe that it is within your responsibility, because the Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces makes a decision there, and you approve it. Through your zone of responsibility, Azerbaijan has bypassed and reached the borders of Shushi, Berdzor, Berdadzor and the Republic of Armenia – the borders of Goris, Kapan, Meghri. Now you say that the generals escaped, they escaped under your leadership, go and make a decision.” Seyran Ohanyan said in the parliament, addressing Nikol Pashinyan.

This thought is most comprehensive Seyran Ohanyan said as early as 2023 168.amin the interview with and after that, and perhaps the reason for the resounding is that this time it was sounded from the NA podium and addressed directly to Nikol Pashinyan.

«The PB had a defense zone of 283 km, in 2 places the enemy attacked in the southern direction: Hadrut, Jabrail, and in the northern direction: Martakert. An opportunity was created in the direction of Martakert to stop, which is the result of the work of the local operational-tactical and tactical circles. And in the southern direction, the enemy broke through the defense line. If a big breach occurs, then the commanders of Martakert, Askeran, Martuni are not to blame, that with that breach the enemy was able to reach 52 km to Shush, to reach 70-100 km to the parts of Meghri, Kapan, Goris, Sev Lake. Those commanders are not to blame. The people who should have imagined the theater of military operations in terms of space, general front, depth, time, arrangement of troops, possible regrouping and constant replenishment of the armed forces are guilty.

If the Armed Forces makes a decision in its defense zone, that decision is approved either by the General Secretary or the President of the Republic of Artsakh, but where there are several military units, and both the Armed Forces and the rest of the corps are military units, the General Secretary is the one who ensures cooperation between those several military units, makes the decision, is responsible, and the head of the Republic of Armenia, the Commander-in-Chief, approves the decision of the General Secretary. And the enemy was able to break through and move forward in the place in which the approval of the decision was the responsibility of the head of the Republic of Armenia.

And we have to see Shushi’s operation in the context of the entire defensive operation and the consistent or gradual advance of the enemy in that entire breakthrough zone. The operation of Shushi should not be seen separately, the strategic level responsible should have faced them in the attack zone at least in the forest areas of Hadrut, where there were quite good conditions to stop the enemy,” Seyran Ohanyan told us.

The publisher, media magnate Aram Gabrielyanov tried to take advantage of the words of the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia by publicizing some details of his meeting with the former head of the RA Armed Forces General Staff, which was related to the use or not of “Iskander” and the handing over of Shushi. Moreover, this is not the first time.

And after a long silence, Onik Gasparyan decided react to the above statements, offering to speak in a closed meeting format.

“AI suggest that the National Assembly organize a closed-format discussion on the war and post-war events of 2020, involving in the discussion key political and military positions held during that period, as well as political and public figures who have the appropriate permission to deal with data containing state and official secrets, and the relatives of dead and missing servicemen.

It is time to face the reality and explode all the lies and unnecessary speculations that are being circulated. I am ready to present a detailed and multi-faceted argued analysis regarding the armed forces.” stated in the general’s statement.

Here the question arises: what did the former head of the State Security Service not say during his two-day and nearly 10-hour interrogation at the 44-day investigative commission? 168.amthe wrotethat the written analysis of Onik Gasparyan, the former chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, was attached as an appendix to the report of the investigative commission headed by Andranik Kocharyan, on 70-80 pages. And although the parliamentary opposition did not participate in the work of the committee, opposition MPs (Gegham Manukyan, Tigran Abrahamyan) got acquainted with the report and the argued analysis of Onik Gasparyan. The political leadership, the people who held various positions during the war also know everything, either through participation in the work of the commission, or through the initiated criminal cases. Maybe the former head of the General Directorate of Internal Affairs thinks that the government representatives or circles can he gather opposition deputies to the same table this time so that they ask questions and say what he hasn’t said yet?

Bitter experience has taught nothing? Onik Gasparyan 5 years ago these days suggested to create a commission to study the circumstances of the 44-day war, although before that he called Nikol Pashinyan a “moral liar”. Referring to our sources, we wrote that the general’s hope was that the opposition deputies would participate in the work of that committee, but the parliamentary opposition made a political decision not to participate in that farce. And at the same time, in April 2021, Onik Gasparyan was also in a remote debate with the Security Council, because during the session held on the 4th day of the war, out-of-context parts of his speech were declassified, so demanded Publish his and the RA President’s speech at the September 30, 2020 session in full.

Moreover, 168.amwith in the conversation emphasized. “I am sure that even if they publish it, it will be edited. The truth can be revealed only in case of a change of power.”

And now, when the political opposition figures, the relatives of missing and dead soldiers, the public, military specialists demand the current authorities to publish the 44-day report, Onik Gasparyan again offers a closed discussion with those who are already aware of everything.

On the other hand, his proposal can be used by the authorities, call the relatives of the missing persons, who initially participated in the work of the investigative commission, to the discussion, and silence the demand to make the report public. Why does the former head of the General Directorate of Internal Affairs himself not want that report to be made public?

Or why Onik Gasparyan has not yet responded to those statements, which, as we mentioned, are not being made for the first time.

Why did the general, who was the head of the General Staff during the 44-day war, not respond to the claims about his responsibility in the context of the well-known counterattack operation? Nikol Pashinyan in June 2023 during an open questioning in the investigative commission about the failure of that operation had placed the responsibility on himself, although this issue is within the framework of the Onik Gasparyan-Jalal Harutyunyan tandem.

Why did Onik Gasparyan not respond to Andranik Kocharyan’s declassified statement during the questioning of the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Davit Tonoyan, that he allegedly expressed regret on the occasion of the decision to reduce the military units of the First Army Corps, which is the main reserve of the RA Armed Forces, at the expense of which, according to Tonoyan and the former head of the Defense Ministry Artak Davtyan, special purpose units were created? After all, Onik Gasparyan has been the deputy head of the General Staff since 2017, and the 1st Army Corps of the RA Armed Forces also held the rear of the 9th Defense District of Artsakh.

Why doesn’t the former head of the State Security Service publicly say when the “preparation number one” order was issued, why wasn’t it issued from the very beginning, who didn’t allow it?

Why doesn’t Onik Gasparyan say what it is according to Nikol Pashinyan’s order after November 7, 2020? be undertaken Actions to take Shushi back, for the failure of which Pashinyan said that he would have to answer in court: “Onik Gasparyan will still answer for Shushi”.

These are questions, accusations that have been made publicly, does Onik Gasparyan not find any answer to them that should be published? We are still not talking about the shameful plan of using “Iskander”, according to Andranik Kocharyan, the claims about which were again made public, and if in this case some data can pass under the state or military secret, then the other questions can be answered publicly.

By the way, it wouldn’t hurt to talk about the proposal to stop the war on the 4th day, purely militarily, as a result of which it matured, especially when Nikol Pashinyan did not deny that there was such a proposal at first, then during the disagreement between Onik Gasparyan and the Council of Ministers, he backtracked on his non-denial, and in his press conference in May 2024, Pashinyan made a similar hint. did.

“There is one episode that I haven’t talked about in its entirety, including because the image isn’t complete for me. It’s on the 7th day (Onik Gasparyan proposed to stop the war at the session of the Council of Ministers on the 4th day of the 44-day war. – M.P.) that famous talk about ending the war, what it was about, what it meant, where it came from and where it was going, for what purpose.”

So, in some cases, the leadership during the 44-day period should also be a pro-aggressor, not always in the best case, in the role of the defendant, sometimes the national interest demands just that, why not also their own interest, then it will be difficult to defend, especially when the defenders are not many or situational.

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