Former Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan has called on the people in Armenia’s Syunik region to arm themselves and protect the country given the imminent threat that Azerbaijan will pose after it is done with the Nagorno-Karabakh.
Addressing thousands of protesters gathered on Republic Square in Yerevan, he said that we are now in a period when the Armenian people understand that Nagorno-Karabakh is being destroyed and the same will happen to Armenia soon.
“They [Azerbaijan] will say that the enclaves are ours and whoever is there is an aggressor, a separatist, they will bring in the army for those “bad” people, they will try to take Syunik. And I would call on the people of Syunik to arm themselves. Arm yourself, form squads, don’t just rely on the army. The army is strong, but it is in the hands of a man who uses it as he pleases. Arm yourself, defend your country, and let us try to protect our country by replacing the government here,” he said.
Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, among the casualties and wounded are civilians. On September 20, it became known that the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accepted the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission regarding the cessation of fire.
Proposal by Azerbaijan envisages the withdrawal of the remaining units and servicemen of the RA Armed Forces from the deployment zone of the Russian peacekeeping troops and the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations, the complete disarmament of the Defense Army, as well as the withdrawal of heavy equipment and weapons from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to quickly eliminate them.
In addition, on Thursday, the representatives of Artsakh and Azerbaijan will meet in Yevlakh, a city in Azerbaijan located about 100 km northeast of Stepanakert, and the issues of ensuring the security of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians will be discussed.
I corrected some typos:
Russia did all this because, with Georgia AND Azerbaijan wanting to get out from under Russia’s thumb and be Western lackeys, Armenia remained as the sole Russian ally.
If Pashinyan drew Armenia closer to the West, Russia knew that the West would move into the Caucasus and take it over.
Russia would have an existential crisis and be surrounded not just on the West by NATO but also on the South.
For some bizarre reason, these simple facts about Armenia’s unique importance have rarely been understood even as they have been publicly and widely written.
I am not defending Pashinyan or Putin.
But Pashinyan’s coming to power was mainly due to the previous administrations’ corruption, loss of revenue, loss of people, and more.
In any case, Pashinyan has failed.
He must be replaced ASAP in order to possibly save what is left of Artsakh and Armenia.
Russia did all this because, with Georgia AND Azerbaijan wanting to get out from under Russia’s thumb and be Western lackeys, Armenia remained as the sole Russian ally.
If Pashinyan drew Armenia closer to the West, Russia knew that the West would move into the Caucasus and take it over.
Russia would have an existential crisis and be surrounded not just on the West but NATO but also on the South too.
These simple facts about Armenia’s importance have rarely been understood even they have been publicly and widely written.
I am not defending Pashinyan or Putin.
But Pashinyan’s coming to power was mainly due to the previous administrations’ corruption, loss of revenue, loss of people, and more.
In any case, Pashinyan has failed.
He must be replaced ASAP in order to possibly save what is left of Artsakh and Armenia.