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“TER-PETROSYAN PREFERRED TO BUY WEAPON”

Politics

Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s critics accuse him of “dark” and “cold” years.

“War has its rules and dictates its conditions. Armenia had more than 500 thousand homeless people saved during the earthquake, more than 500 thousand Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan and was facing the war,- said the head of the “Republican” party Aram Sargsyan to “A1+”,- the heads of the country had to decide what to spend the money on – on weapon, heating, light or delicious food. Our authorities preferred to buy weapon, while Azerbaijan proffered to buy electricity and to brighten Baku.

In the result, we liberated 15 thousand square meter territory to safeguard the independence of Karabakh. We kept both Karabakh and its independence. Was it worth living in poverty? I am sure it was worth it. If we did as Azerbaijan did, who would swim in the Lake Sevan today?”

Aram Sargsyan ensures that Ter-Petrosyan’s “activities were aimed at future. Another problem is that the society does not assume it”.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan left his post in 1998 since his version on the settlement of Karabakh conflict did not satisfy the society. Those who came to power after Ter-Petrosyan accused him of giving back Karabakh and liberated territories. In his speech on 21 September, Levon Ter-Petrosyan mentioned that he did not have his version of Karabakh conflict settlement at the moment and the authorities us this announcement in their interest.

“Levon Ter-Petrosyan gave time to the authorities to carry out their promises by his silence for 8 years. If they did not brought the country to this situation, believe me, Ter-Petrosyan would not return, - said Aram Sargsyan,- he simply said what the Former US President Bill Clinton, the former president of France Zhak Shirak and Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin thought of the Karabakh problem, and imagined clearly how we could reach peace and final resolution of the conflict in this context. Today Ter-Petrosyan does not know what Bush, Sarkozy and Putin think of the Karabakh problem. Unfortunately, today’s authorities also do not know what the mentioned presidents think of the Karabakh problem. They do not know since they are not reliable. No one trusts our authorities”.

Aram Sargsyan is confirmed that we will hear the answers to the problems that trouble us from Levon Ter-Petrosyan during the gathering tomorrow at 17.00 in the Liberty Square.