Robert Kocharyan`s office about Pashinyan`s statement: The rumors and slander characteristic of the pre- election period should also have their own borders.

ArmInfo. The office of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, made a statement in connection with the words of Nikol Pashinyan on the combat capability of the Armenian army.

The head of the office of the 2nd President, Viktor Soghomonyan, states that Nikol Pashinyan did not serve in the army, although he had such an opportunity. He did not take part in the liberation movement, although he could.

These realities can be considered sufficient to, as Soghomonyan argues, Pashinyan did not reserve the right to make statements about the combat capability of the army, as well as to evaluate the development of the army at one or another of its historical stages. "Secondly, Nikol Pashinyan didn't give a finger to build an army (and it is not known how he will do it), but allows himself to criticize a man who is one of the founders of the defense army", Soghomonyan notes. 

The head of the office of the retired president recalls that it was Kocharyan who headed the NKR Defense Committee in a victorious period for Karabakh. "When Kocharyan was president, the Armenian army reached unprecedented heights and this is a historical fact. The idle talk and slander characteristic of the pre-election period must also have its limits", in a statement reads.

The statement reminds: "On November 27, RA Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed the following thought during his election speech: while still a deputy, I stated that Serzh Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan inherited from Vazgen Sargsyan an army which According to the accepted opinion, it was the most combat-ready in the region. Now tell me, someone during the rule of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, especially Serzh Sargsyan, heard that the authorities said that the Armenian army is the most combat- effective in the region, no they did not say. "

Yesterday, in Stepanavan, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that he is the first leader of Armenia, who said the following: no leader of Armenia, no government can solve the Karabakh issue, since only the people can solve this issue.

He also said that his main goal is to make the country's armed forces the most efficient in the region. "In addition, I am the first leader of Armenia, who does not want to involve the army in politics. I gave a clear indication to the Minister of Defense that the servicemen should act at their own discretion during the vote," Pashinyan assured. At the same time, according to Pashinyan, the words of Serzh Sargsyan, made by him in 2016 that the Armenian army is fighting with the 8th weapon, can be considered a betrayal.