Author: Parkev Tvankchian

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree dismissing Tiran Khachatryan from the post of First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Earlier the Yerevan.Today published remarks by Tiran Khachatryan in connection with the statement of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding the Iskander.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a statement that arouses disputes in both Armenian and Russian media and political circles.

He commented on the statement of third President Serzh Sargsyan, as the latter was surprised why the Russia-made Iskander ballistic missile in Armenia’s arsenal was not fired on the third or fourth day of the recent war.

Thus, Pashinyan noted that Iskander missiles “did not explode” or “exploded by 10%.”

According to Russian and Armenian experts, Pashinyan questioned the efficiency of Russia-made weapons.

In response to the question, is it possible for the Iskander missile to explode by 10%, Tiran Khachatryan laughed noting that this is not serious.

A few hours later, the defense ministry issued a lengthy statement, claiming that Khachatryan’s words were distorted.

Nobody gave a full explanation about what my mobile phone or office computer had to do with the search for a fake user account, and what was also unclear was the reason for my apprehension. This is what Azerologist Anzhela Elibegova told reporters today, adding that even though she was released from the National Security Service building early, she wasn’t able to exercise her right to a call.

“Besides that, after I exited the building, I found out that an attorney had been trying to enter the building for nearly an hour. I believe the process isn’t over yet. In any case, for unknown reasons, I still don’t have my mobile phone and office computer and can’t do my job,” she said.

Elibegova stated that the apprehended and detained persons were very actively involved in the information wars against Azerbaijan.

Former Ambassador of Armenia to the Vatican Mikayel Minasyan wrote the following on his Telegram channel:

“All us Armenians see that the war is not over. We understood that defeat is not suffered once. The lack of self-love of Nikol and his team and their flirting with the enemy aren’t letting the Armenian people come to their senses, self-organize and try to start from scratch.

Every day Nikol and his team continue to humiliate all us Armenians. Azerbaijan and Turkey make threats, but Nikol’s team talks about regional cooperation. Azerbaijan and Turkey hold new military exercises, but Nikol talks about the opening of borders. This has been going on for the past four months. Pasinyan and his capitulation team continue to be humiliated, deliver new territories, destroy the positions in the negotiations and any prospect for fixing the situation. They hope to be able to gain at least something by playing with Aliyev in order to help maintain power.

One of the steps of this game is the upcoming meeting of Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Armen Abazyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, Rustam Muradov and Chairman of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan Ali Nagiyev. The secret meeting that Armen Abazyan agreed on during his recent visit to Moscow will take place over the next few days on the line of contact, not far from Mataghis. Abazyan, Harutyunyan and Nagiyev are planning to discuss “infrastructure-related issues” and, in essence, the actions to integrate the remains of Artsakh into Azerbaijan.

We Armenians need to understand that this is not just another meeting, but the implementation of the plan for elimination of Armenian statehood for which Nikol is still in power. Armenia’s willingness to be humiliated only boosts the desire of Turkey and Azerbaijan to gain territories, concessions and guarantees from Nikol. One person can’t and must not cruelly humiliate his own homeland and people and remain unpunished. This means that the hour of historic, legal and moral liability is close, very close.”

What happened in the spring of 2018 was, in its essence, an anti-Karabakh movement. The third President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, said this in an extensive interview with a local television.

The said television published an excerpt from this interview in which Sargsyan spoke about the reasons for the Armenian side’s capitulation in the recent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war, the diplomatic, military and political failures of Armenia, and future-oriented plans.

“We have never negotiated about what we will give; we have always negotiated about what we will get,” he said regarding the Karabakh peace talks.

To the remark that there is a widespread theory that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is his “project,” and asked whether or not this is so, Serzh Sargsyan responded: “I would not want such a ‘project’ even for my enemy. Would I scribble such nonsense for myself? They had put me before a ‘zugzwang.’”

Referring to the relations between PM Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, the third president of Armenia said:. “If the capitulator considers Aliyev’s steps ‘constructive,’ then he must explain which steps—the start of hostilities? Or were there any secret arrangements? Or did they make some secret promises to each other?”

And regarding the actions of the Armenian government, Serzh Sargsyan stated: “When these crazy authorities rejected our accomplishments and started learning—from Aliyev—about the negotiation history, it was already clear to me that we were going toward defeat; that we are going toward war.”

The aforesaid interview will be broadcast on Monday at 9pm local time.