SERZH SARGSYAN PREPARING TO SURRENDER OCCUPIED LANDS

news.az
Jan 14 2010
Azerbaijan

Serzh Sargsyan "Azerbaijanis are leaving us behind and we are not so
strong as they are."

The Nagorno Karabakh community is concerned with possible surrender
of the "liberated" lands, the Zhamanak newspaper reads. According
to the newspaper, "NKR" suspects that Serzh Sargsyan is preparing to
surrender the "liberated" lands.

According to sources of the newspaper, the Karabakh population is torn
apart with disappointment and extremist sentiments. The disappointed
people have started to quit Karabakh.

Meanwhile, the "NKR" powers have started to give interviews saying they
fully trust Serzh Sargsyan. Meanwhile, the same Karabakhi officials
curse Sargsyan in a closer surrounding.

The newspaper reports with reference to reliable sources that the
so-called "NKR President" Bako Saakyan ,met with general Manwel
Sargsyan, Serzh Sargsyan with Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan and Arkady
Ter-Tadevosyan with the high military command of "NKR" earlier.

Meanwhile, the meetings were not so pleasant for Serzh Sargsyan.

During his recent visit to karabakh, Sargsyan promised to the "NKR"
authorities and the high military command that he would do everything
possible to bring Karabakh back to the negotiation table and said
nothing about the return of lands. Yet before the New Year, Commandos
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan came to Karabakh and discussed the issue of
the liberated lands with officers, according to Zhamanak.

According to sources, this caused resentment among the officers who
reminded that Sargsyan promised a different thing. Being caught in
an awkward state, Commandos returned to Yerevan. Sargsyan-Commandos
and Sargsyan-Manwel Grigoryan meetings were held on this background.

During the meetings Sargsyan told both generals: "I will not accept
these adventures, war is an alternative to nonsurrender of lands,
Azerbaijanis are leaving us behind and we are not so strong as they
are", and so on. Moreover, Sargsyan started blackmailing generals
saying they have allegedly left him alone in the Karabakh issue and
despite they say that "the lands should not be surrendered", they do
not want to launch war.

For the first time, Sargsyan did not reject his preparations to
surrender the lands and used the language of blackmail. It seems that
these statements by Sargsyan have forced the "NKR" defense minister to
convene the field commanders and order them to state their preparations
for war in every conversation, the newspaper concludes.