The new government had a certain pathological fear of the army, Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan told Sputnik Armenia.

“There was probably such a program: confidence in the combat effectiveness of our army and confidence in our military superiority. What else has been added to it? Irresponsible statements of the head of the Armenian military department that the future is war, a new war, new territories. This is well known. Quite simply a silly statement. There is such a problem."

"We fortified the front line, the army was constantly replenished with military equipment. The new authorities have changed the approach to military development in general. So what's the problem? The new government had a certain pathological fear of the army."

According to him, the new authorities had a very serious mistrust towards the army. 

"And the primary task was to put the army in its place, to belittle the role of the army in Armenian society," he added.