Pashinyan Once Again Distracted You with Hostage Issues, Ignoring the Fact of Strategic Positions Handed Over: Vrtanesyan

Ladies and gentlemen, if you are currently discussing the issues of surrendering hostages or not, then congratulations. Pashinyan has once again distracted you, diverting attention from the fact that he has once again handed over strategically significant positions to the Azerbaijanis.

Azerbaijanis have been systematically and purposefully cutting off Syunik from Armenia from several points since November 2020. Military expert Karen Vrtanesyan wrote on his Facebook page.

“This time, for instance, they have occupied a platform from which they can at some convenient moment emerge onto the main road at the Sisian intersection, thereby cutting off Syunik (and, consequently, Artsakh) from the rest of Armenia. Moreover, regarding these vulnerable spots for attacks, the Azerbaijani policy of ‘suffocating expansion’ has been warned about repeatedly since last November-December, warned about before May 2021 and especially more so after May.”

No official or ruling party propagandist can claim that what has happened was unexpected.

I repeat: 3-4 days ago, the enemy gained the opportunity to cut off Syunik from yet another location and access Nakhichevan, thanks to Ilham Aliyev's henchman who has taken control of power in Armenia. This is the number one topic that needs to be discussed and explained to all those who do not sincerely understand it,” Vrtanesyan wrote.