Pashinyan gave a green light for Azerbaijan, he is a coward. Seyran Ohanyan

Despite the heavy losses, the Armenian people can straighten their spine and move forward. Today, in a conversation with journalists at the “Erablur” military pantheon, the head of the Armenia faction of the National Assembly, former minister of defense Seyran Ohanyan said, referring to the May holidays.

Ohanyan reminded that the victory in the Great Patriotic War became the basis for the further stable development of the Armenian people.

“Our contemporaries multiplied that victory holiday in 1992, turning it into a three-day holiday, but at the hands of today’s corrupt RA authorities, that holiday turned into just one holiday again. The enemy has appeared within the borders of the Republic of Armenia, but the fight is ahead, because the Armenian people have proven that they have the spirit of struggle and can straighten their spine and move forward,” said the opposition figure.

However, the head of the faction stressed that they continue to pay tribute to both the representatives of the older generation and the modern heroes sleeping in the “Yerablur” military pantheon. Speaking about the current realities, Ohanyan noted that today’s visits are also a kind of “sad report” in front of the memory of the victims, because Artsakh was completely depopulated.

To the question of how he will interpret the statement of the leader of the ruling political force, Nikol Pashinyan, that “Artsakh was never ours to lose,” Ohanyan answered, recalling that on May 9, 2018, the same Nikol Pashinyan gave a speech in Artsakh, saying that “Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it.”

“He said that the Velvet Revolution not only does not threaten the self-determination of Artsakh, but also opens perspectives for determining the Armenian fate of Artsakh and recording it de jure.

Later, however, he did nothing or contributed to Azerbaijan’s attack on Artsakh. During the war, he did nothing to protect Artsakh and keep the RA borders strong,” said Ohanyan.

He emphasized that Artsakh was self-determined before Nikol Pashinyan and was able to ensure its safe and stable development together with Armenian and RA.

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