On April 20, with the article “What is behind Onik Gasparyan’s offer to speak at a closed meeting, what open questions are waiting for his open answer?” article: we have published, for which the statement of the former head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces served as a basis. This was also preceded by the statement of former RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan regarding the 44-day war. we have referred. 

By the way, we should note that we offered the leader of the Armenia faction, the former minister of defense, to answer our military and war questions, but he basically avoided it under the pretext that the place was not suitable, and at the time of writing this article he did not respond. It is clear that narrow professional and deep questions can create difficulties and risks.

Anyway, Andranik Kocharyan, chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee, through Azatut answering to the proposal to organize a closed meeting, he noted. “Onik Gasparyan answered questions in the investigative commission for two days, and this is included in the report. He gave all the explanations and also presented his considerations. What does he want now?”

In fact, it says exactly what we ourselves wrote about in our article.

Of course, the authorities could take advantage of Onik Gasparyan’s proposal and organize an “innocent” closed discussion and invite the relatives of the missing persons, who initially participated in the work of the investigative commission. But perhaps this is not part of their political plans at the moment. And they got what they needed from the former military leaders of the 44-day movement. And now it is surprising that the former Minister of Defense and the head of the General Directorate of Defense do not want the report of the Investigative Commission to be published, at least to the extent permitted, so that, for example, we can see whether what Onik Gasparyan said during the interrogation contradicts what Nikol Pashinyan said or not, as had insisted Andranik Kocharyan, including in connection with Shushi.

By the way, 4 years ago we we have touched on Vladimir Poghosyan, adviser to the former head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, was presented to the “declassifications” related to Shushi.

In particular, Poghosyan Noah’s Ark in a conversation with the agency, in fact, confirming the claims that Shushi surrendered, he made a remarkable statement.

“Approximately on the 3rd of the month (he means November 3 – M.P.), Mikael Arzumanyan, with the agreement of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, appointed a high-ranking officer with quite literate and combat experience, who was supposed to take responsibility for the defense of Shushi. But in the following days, Arayik Harutyunyan verbally cancels the written order of the PB commander Mikayel Arzumanyan and again verbally appoints Seyran Ohanyan, who did nothing to protect Shushi. And that’s when the failure started. I was there 4-5 of the month. I directly blame Arayik Harutyunyan, who was supreme even with his status in Artsakh commander, but he did not have the right to cancel the written order of the commander of the Armed Forces, which was agreed with the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces.he stressed and added that he went up to Shushi with the officers, moreover, he was with him during the war who had the authority of the commander of the Armed Forces and today is accused of several war episodes. Jalal Harutyunyan’s brother, Artyom Harutyunyan, who is currently the police chief of Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“When I went to Shushi, my driver told me that he had the impression that the asphalt was washed away and they were going to surrender the city. There was nothing reminiscent of the defense of Shushi, that is, the city was not prepared for defense in the classical sense.” continued Vladimir Poghosyan, the proclaimed adviser of Onik Gasparyan, adding that after Mikael Arzumanyan became the commander of the Defense Forces, the casualties on the Armenian side decreased.

At that time, in our corresponding article, we asked whether an attempt is being made to save Mikael Arzumanyan or someone else. But we also asked other questions.

It should be noted that the case of improper organization of the defense of Shushi is being investigated by the former commander of the Armed Forces Mikael Arzumanyan, but, in fact, the case of Mikael Arzumanyan ends in 2020. on November 7. Meanwhile, Nikol Pashinyan stated in the Investigative Committee that there were actions to take Shushi back after November 7. By the way, both Seyran Ohanyan and Onik Gasparyan will probably be interrogated for this episode of General Arzumanyan’s case. And yesterday? 24TVIn the conversation with Seyran Ohanyan, in fact, attributed serious responsibility for losing Shushi to Onik Gasparyan.

“On the right side of Artsakh’s defense zone, there is a large area, about 100 km along the Araxi river to the borders of Armenia, it is in that direction that Azerbaijan was able to develop its attack and reach the borders of Armenia. And it was very difficult for PB to turn its right wing in that area, so to speak, so that it could fully implement its defense. If the enemy had been stopped there in time with tactical depth, then the capture of Hadrut and Shushi would not have happened.”he continued, saying that if the enemy penetrates into the breakthrough zone with tactical depth, the RA armed forces should have joined the problem there. Here, perhaps, there is a question to answer for Tiran Khachatryan, the former deputy head of the State Security Service, but more on that next time.
And now another question: can we assume that we are witnessing a certain remote debate between Seyran Ohanyan and Onik Gasparya, to put it mildly? There may be things we don’t know about.
But does this give moral rights to the advisers and close circle of the former head of the State Security Service? to criticize previous reforms in the army. At the same time, Onik Gasparyan’s one-time “advisor” considers Serzh Sargsyan’s and Seyran Ohanyan’s reforms in the army to be destructive, especially noting that the position of the Minister of Defense became civilian. And in the background of this, it is noted that, having been in the position of head of the General Staff for 3 months, Onik Gasparyan did the impossible, that is, the responsibility for the defeat in the war is taken from him.

Since we mentioned the reforms carried out in the army since 2008, we should add that in 2024 168.amwas a study presentedrelated to the structural changes in the armed forces, the management model, whether or not the Chief of Staff is the Deputy Minister of Defense. We have shown that until 2008 and even until a certain part of 2008, the head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces was considered the first deputy of the RA Defense Minister. We can see this, Colonel Generals Mikael Harutyunyan, Seyran Ohanyan and: Yuri Khachaturov in the biographies and the relevant decrees of the President. In particular, in 2008 President Serzh Sargsyan on April 14 by decree Seyran Ohanyan was released From the position of First Deputy Minister of Defense of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces.

Another one by decree 2008 Yuri Khachaturov was appointed on April 15 First Deputy Minister of Defense of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces.

It is another matter that in 2008 After Serzh Sargsyan assumed the post of president on April 9, certain reforms and structural changes were implemented, as a result of which the head of the General Staff ceased to be the first deputy of the RA Defense Minister, which was, in fact, the right decision.

Everyone can have their opinion, but here a question arises: does the former head of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan, who, by the way, was not considered the deputy minister of defense during the 44-day war as a result of the above-mentioned reform, share the negative evaluations of his official and unofficial advisor or adviser regarding the former army, of which he was a part, for example, as the commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the RA Armed Forces, and a very good commander?

As for the one-time “advisor” of the former head of the General Directorate of Internal Affairs Onik Gasparyan, through whom he spreads “xifs”, who, for example, in April 2021 announced: «if Onik Gasparyan enters the game, it will be the end of Pashinyan’s power, everything can be over before the election.” But we remember well what happened next: the general called for the election of Robert Kocharyan, and Nikol Pashinyan called him a “booklet distributor”, and that was the end of it. It could not be otherwise, because Onik Gasparyan is not a politician by his type, he is a military man. But he doesn’t learn his lesson and continues to heed the wrong advice from the wrong people and ends up being targeted.

Let us add that in 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia officially announced to us had reported that Vladimir Poghosyan was a salaried employee in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the time of Onik Gasparyan, the position of advisor was formalized during the time of Artak Davtyan.

“Former employee of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Vladimir Sergey Poghosyan held the position of adviser to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (non-military, discretionary) from February 22, 2020 to June 22, 2020, and during the military operations of 2020 (the period was discussed in your previous letter) until the month of 2021, he held the position of a hired employee of the Administrative and Organizational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (civilian) position,” the Ministry of Defense detailed. In other words, after the appointment of Onik Gasparyan as the head of the General Staff, Vladimir Poghosyan started working as a salaried employee in the Administrative and Organizational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. But war During those days, as an adviser to the Head of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan, he had various meetings, as he regularly told in various interviews, and after the war he presented himself as a former advisor to Onik Gasparyan.Russian While for several months he was actually formulated as an adviser to the head of the General Staff Artak Davtyan, he never presented himself as such.

 P.S. After this article, as it has already happened, Vladimir Poghosyan can get “excited”, make baseless accusations against us, and Onik Gasparyan can say that he has nothing to do with him to make a remark, but that does not change the reality.

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