Response from the ruling party to Levon Ter-Petrosyan's article

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, under the title "Optimistic Alarm," this time fortunately without foretelling civil war, proposes that the country pursue "painful solutions" to negotiate with external forces from a more confident position. Certainly based on his own past experiences.

Maria Karapetyan, a member of the ruling party, referred to this on her Facebook page: "Throughout the 1990s, Levon Ter-Petrosyan sought 'painful solutions' within the country. He accused the Armenian Revolutionary Federation of collaborating with the KGB of the USSR and with 'black hundred elements' from Russia, and then went to those same 'painful solutions' with the ARF and figures like Vazgen Manukyan, Robert Kocharian, and Serge Sargsyan. In short, he does everything to ensure that negotiations with 'external forces' take place from a more confident position. And together, they hindered the opportunity to achieve peace with Azerbaijan from 'more confident positions.' This way, they also brought the 'key' to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to Russia. In September 2022, Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated on Public TV that Russia likely has lost that key.

What is he trying to do now? Find the key, return it to Moscow? Prove that he was right in the past at the expense of Armenia's future?" wrote the ruling party member.

It is noteworthy that the first President of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, published an article regarding a rally allegedly organized by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters in the Vagarshapat square.