CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OF ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES DENIES FIRST ARMENIAN PRESIDENT LEVON TER-PETROSYAN’S STATEMENT THAT PRIME MINISTER SERZH SARGSYAN WAS EXPELLED FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN HIS DAY
2007-11-12 22:47:00
ArmInfo. Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
Colonel General Seyran Ohanyan denied first Armenian President Levon
Ter-Petrosyan’s statement that Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan
was expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh in his day.
Today Seyran Ohanyan told journalists that any political event may be
given wrong assessment in course of time. Though military men should
show restraint in political matters, nevertheless, each serviceman
is also a person and a citizen of Armenia, he noted. "As a person,
I reserve the right to express my opinion about the man who also
passed the path of struggle.
Those familiar with Serzh Sargsyan can confirm that he was one of
the originators of the Karabakh movement and the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic, and his contribution to establishment and reinforcement of
the Armenian Army is great," S.Ohanyan said. According to him, the
statement that Serzh Sargsyan was expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh is
wrong. S.Sargsyan’s absence from Karabakh didn’t last long and aimed
to solve urgent problems of the army, he added. S.Ohanyan stressed
that the first president’s statement is groundless as "people gave
S.Sargsyan a title of a hero" and "he has not only professional but
also high human qualities".
To recall, during a meeting with youth, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the
first president of Armenia, said that Serzh Sargsyan was expelled
from Nagorno-Karabakh: "I brought Serzh Sargsyan not from Karabakh,
but Moscow.
Serzh Sargsyan was expelled. He had serious problems there. It was
really so, no matter what they say now. He lived in Moscow for a
year, did useful work, cooperated with Vazgen Sargsyan and some
representatives of Karabakh authorities to support the army".