Questions about the reasons for the defeat in the 44-day war of 2020 have not yet been fully answered. In the pre-election period, this topic is mentioned from time to time. naturally, different reasons are mentioned from the government and opposition circles, but they are mainly political assessments.

Meanwhile, there are questions, episodes that are a military assessment require Shouldn’t a military assessment be given: how much of the defeat of the 44-day war is due to the problem of weapons and ammunition, how much is the fault of Azerbaijan, how much is the fault of personnel appointments, etc.? In other words, it is necessary to understand how much is the fault of the political leadership, the share of the political factor, how much of the military leadership, command and military factors.

On these and other issues 168.amhas talked With Tigran Abrahamyan, secretary of the NA “I have the honor” faction.

– Yes, from a military point of view, a detailed study of the topic and drawing appropriate conclusions after that can provide an opportunity to ensure the restoration of the armed forces and start the development process. The military component and the factors in your question seem to have been pushed to the background, because the political factor, in terms of responsibility and the Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiation process, has always been manipulated by the government, and the government tried to fill the entire field with these speculations.

In reality, those figures who will not have a military assessment of the situation during the period of subsequent governments, will not have a clear analysis of what happened, did the statutes work or not, how effective were the orders, what were the problems related to weapons, their losses, etc., naturally, it will not be possible to make any rational assessment. And only those people think about the military component, for whom the problem is not to take power at any cost, but to restore the RA military component and carry out the process of modernization in the army.

– In the pre-election period, talks about the return of “enclave” villages, getting Artsvashen back, did Aliyev need this now, and this readiness of the Armenian side what risks will it lead to?

– During the period following the 44-day war, various government figures came forward and announced that there are 8 villages that are allegedly Azerbaijani, and they should be handed over to Azerbaijan at some stage. Moreover, in the context of the demarcation and demarcation process, I want to remind you that before the adoption of the delimitation charter and landmarks, 4 villages were already handed over to Azerbaijan in 2024.

It is obvious that the RA authorities have reserved certain concessions for the post-election period, because talking about it in advance will cause a voting problem for them, and due to this, Pashinyan made a vague statement on that topic a few days ago. The main principle of this government is as follows: they are ready to make concessions to the end, as long as their power is not shaken in any way and there are no unresolved issues with Azerbaijan.

– By the way, the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan, who submitted an application for participation in the elections and ambitions to become the Prime Minister, stated that 11 km of the 21 km Goris-Davit Bek road actually passed through the territory of Azerbaijan. Moreover, at the beginning he stated that it derives from the document of November 9. Moreover, during this period, he even tried to consider the issue of adjusting the Armenian-Azerbaijani borders in the logic of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020.

– As for Vagharshak Harutyunyan’s statements, I consider handing over that road without the delimitation process illegal, and Vagharshak Harutyunyan is one of the people responsible for it. he not only has to talk about that process, but also has to give an answer. I think that after the change of government in RA, not only Vagharshak Harutyunyan, but also many others who were in the current government team, will have to answer for various situations and episodes, many before the courts.

– How do you imagine the future of TRIPP today, in the future?

– The US-Israeli attacks against Iran have created a very fragile situation around the “Trump Way” project, and a lot depends on whether the deal between Iran and the US will take place or not, and what arrangements it will entail. And I think that also due to this, the situation around TRIPP has been somewhat pushed to the background, because everyone understands that a lot depends on the events taking place in our region, and the actions against Iran have made the implementation of that process much more “subtle”.

– When was the last time you were in combat positions? Did you visit often? And recently you seem to have been in Meghri, what are the moods there?

– The Ministry of Defense has created obstacles in terms of going to the front line and getting answers to questions related to the armed forces in the military unit, in general, getting to know the nature of the service.

This also applies to professional and journalistic circles that do not represent the government or have no association with them. The priority for this military-political leadership is the visits of their propagandists, which enables them to provide “positive” news related to the army in the information field. The authority has also shown that the armed forces, the processes taking place there or some of them are particularly interesting for pre-election propaganda purposes.

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