NOT ONLY LAND, THEY WILL RETURN EVERYTHING

Lragir.am
04 July 06

Several former commanders of the Karabakh war made a statement July
4 at the Pastark Club. The reason for their statement is the recent
activity around the settlement of the conflict over Karabakh,
particularly the proposals involving the return of liberated
territories, which are approved by official Yerevan.

"We call the patriotic forces for unification at this crucial moment,
and defend our endangered Fatherland," announce the veterans of the
Karabakh war led by Manvel Yeghiazaryan, the commander of the Arabo
squad and the former commander of the organization National Army of
Liberation of Artsakh Arkady Karapetyan.

"In fact, it means surrendering our homeland. Everything starts little
by little, first they will surrender a village, then a region, then
Karabakh, then Armenia. This is the logic," says Arkady Karapetyan
with regard to Vardan Oskanyan’s statement on endorsing the proposal
of the mediators.

The azatamartiks began their statement with a description of the hard
social conditions of most participants of the war in Karabakh.

According to Manvel Yeghiazaryan, it is not an accidental reference.

"We know who did what, who has power, who is oligarch, who is
rich. Damn them! The war in Artsakh is not over, we know very well
what they did during the war in Artsakh. I assure that their political
will, their role in the society now was the same during the war in
Artsakh. People made millions, naturally they fear for their money,
they think what’s the point in countering the United States or Russia,"
says Manvel Yeghiazaryan. He announces that in case the territories
are surrendered, he will become a militant because 21 soldiers from
his squad are missing, and he does not know what he would tell their
mothers in case the land is surrendered.

The former azatamartiks think that accepting the proposal of the
mediators is a defeatist policy, mentioning that the Armenian diplomacy
proved unable to set down our victory in the world. Manvel Yeghiazaryan
is convinced, however, that Robert Kocharyan will not sign a defeatist
agreement but he assures that people around him push him.

The participants of the liberation war are ready to take any step
to prevent surrender of territories. "Nothing is impossible, we may
protest, maybe, I do not know, everything is possible because our life
will lose its meaning after such steps. We think they will surrender
some territories. They will not surrender land, they will surrender
everything, you and us," says Arkady Karapetyan.