Former Armenian President: PM Failed in Karabakh

Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan accused on Friday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of failing to conduct the military operation in Karabakh.

Kocharyan said in an interview with Armenian Five TV channel: "At the beginning of the hostilities, it was not possible to preserve the 14 km front line in the south, so it was inevitable to establish new defensive lines, and the reason is that we tried to conduct a military operation that many doubted.”

“The operation was carried out under direct orders of the Prime Minister, and it became the biggest failure of the Armenian forces in the war, hence, Karabakh did not have units ready to establish new defensive lines."

Kocharyan emphasized that Pashinyan had to stop the war on the fourth day, when the General Staff stressed the necessity to stop the fighting, even if it included territorial concessions.

"I am sure that the Armenian authorities have done everything to make the war inevitable. Everything was done. We can just go through the points. I will not say anything new, because I have followed the media for this one month," he said.