Why Did the Adversary Spare the Residence of the President of Artsakh? Kocharian Presents His Theory

Robert Kocharian recalled that during the war, Jalal Harutyunyan's office and car were targeted, along with many other objects, yet not a single window was broken at the Artsakh presidential residence.

During the 44-day war in Artsakh, Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharian, noted that throughout the duration of the war, no missile fell within a radius of about 200 meters from the presidential residency. He shared this insight in an interview with several Armenian websites, expressing his suspicions regarding this fact.

"The safest place appears to have been around the presidential building. I walked there during those bombings. By the third day, I realized that this building was being spared," Kocharian stated, adding that during his time in office in Artsakh, the presidential building had been bombed 12-13 times.

"Now, I had a question: why was the adversary so interested in the Culture House in Shushi, where police officers were gathered, which was flattened by two precise strikes, resulting in several dozen casualties and even more injuries? Why did they target Jalal's office, which was directly hit? Why were they interested in the Ghazanchetsots Church or the command posts in Martuni, Hadrut, Aghdam, or Jalal's car, while the Lachin Bridge was completely destroyed by two missiles, yet the presidential residence remained unharmed?" Kocharian emphasized once again that not a single window was broken at the presidential residence.

"I do not believe that Azerbaijan spared Arayik Harutyunyan," Kocharian declared, also expressing his opinion that they were sparing those individuals who were inside that building—Nikol Pashinyan's associates, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Deputy Prime Minister, etc., who were visiting Artsakh and were present at the presidential residence. According to him, there arises a suspicion that these individuals were spared for their mission so that the war did not end differently than predetermined.