ArmInfo. The first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, called Vazgen Manukyan's thoughts on Turkey, voiced by the single candidate for prime minister from the opposition at a rally held the day before, as dangerous.
<I cannot but refer to Vazgen Manukyan's carelessly expressed dangerous thought, which could have devastating consequences for Armenia, - Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated in his small article about the danger of civil war, published on his information resource 1Lur.am. He saw the danger in Manukyan's words that "A large force will gather against Turkey, the world will not forgive Turkey for her insolence. If an alliance is created against Turkey, we are in this alliance>.
The question arises, writes Ter-Petrosyan, where did the law of the unforgettable Rafael Ishkhanyan (Armenian public figure, linguist, historian, social scientist. Years of life 1922-1996 - Ed.) "On the exclusion of the third force" go? It turns out that we are returning to the situation of 1920, when, relying on the anti-Turkish alliance of the Entente countries, opposing the rapprochement of Kemalist Turkey and Russia, we lost not only Armenia, but also the provinces of Kars and Surmalu, as well as Nakhichevan and Karabakh. "Doesn't Manukyan really understand that, expressing Armenia's readiness to join any anti- Turkish alliance that has not yet been formed, we are opposing the reality of full-fledged Russian-Turkish understanding, which means that we are challenging not only Turkey, but also our friendly Russia?" believes Ter-Petrosyan.