ArmInfo.At the meetings with the third President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, in April and July 2016, mistakes made during the April war were discussed. The secretary of the National Security Council of Artsakh, Vitaly Balasanyan, said in an interview with Artsakhpress, referring to the statement by the former Minister of Defense of Nagorno-Karabakh Samvel Babayan that in 2017 Serzh Sargsyan discussed with the Karabakh leadership the possibility of concessions during the negotiations.
The only agenda of these meetings was how we, the Artsakh elite, imagine the solution of the Karabakh problem and the issue of further strengthening the security of Artsakh. Around these topics was a free discussion. Any order, the more pressure on us was not. We clearly noted that any negative change in the issue of the status and security of Artsakh is unacceptable for us. We understood that regardless of the situation, we must be ready for war, "Balasanyan explained.
He also stressed that during these meetings the mistakes made during the April war were analyzed and corresponding conclusions were drawn. "Serzh Sargsyan promised to correct the gaps made by Yerevan during the April war, and it should be noted that this promise was fulfilled both in the issue of arms supplies and in the issue of engineering and construction works," Balasanyan concluded.