Within the framework of meetings with area specialists, Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan on Tuesday met with representatives of health care, reported the office of the second president.
During the meeting, some of the questions referred to the border situation in Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces, and Armenia's petitioning to the CSTO for help.
"You [Armenian authorities] have brought, put your position deep within, Azerbaijan has advanced, you are shouting all over the world: ‘Let Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan come, drive Azerbaijan back.’ Where are you? Why did it turn out that everyone within the CSTO has better relations with Azerbaijan—which is not a CSTO member state—than with Armenia? Should they answer this simple question or not? Why should Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other countries have better relations with Azerbaijan? Now you turn to them. Why should they protect you? You do not stand on the border, you do not defend your border, you petition to the CSTO and present it to the people as heroism that ‘I petitioned to the CSTO.’ Then? One of the main functions of the state—ensuring security—is just turning into a joke," said Kocharyan.
And with respect to the possible developments in the border crisis and the events unrolling in Syunik Province, the second President said: "Nothing is being done to strengthen the country's borders. If you have a border, you must defend [it] with your armed forces. That's why you need to understand where your positions are. During this period, our armed forces had to be given the opportunity to deploy troops with appropriate density on that border.
I believe, first of all, they will demand from us to demarcate the borders and will force to recognize those borders. They will constantly force to sign something. These are broken people, and I am sure that there will be no resistance.
Our major problem at the moment is the complete lack of new resources to resist.”