Serzh Sargsyan`s office confirms the authenticity of the recording of  the conversation with Lukashenko on the surrender of Artsakh

ArmInfo.The office of the third President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, confirmed the  authenticity of the recording of the conversation with President  Lukashenko about the surrender of Artsakh.

Thus, in a statement from Sargsyan's office, it is noted that they  have received numerous inquiries from the media regarding the  authenticity of the audio recording disseminated yesterday evening by  one of the telegram channels. In particular, the media were  interested in whether the discussion contained in the audio recording  was true, when it took place, where and why until now the third RA  President Serzh Sargsyan did not speak about it.

"It is unclear how the recording of the non-public conversation of  the presidents during a narrow-format meeting at the session of the  Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty  Organization (CSTO) held in Yerevan on October 14, 2016, ended up on  the Internet.

The office of the third RA President accepts the publication of the  audio recording as a fact and refrains from commenting, taking into  account the fact that the meetings held in a closed format are not  subject to commenting, as they were not subject to until now, "the  statement of the office of the third RA President says.

The night before, the telegram channel @ bagramyan26 posted a  recording of the conversation between the third President of Armenia  Serzh Sargsyan and the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko about  Nagorno- Karabakh.

Thus, the RA President notes that Yerevan wants to live in peace and  tranquility.

To that Lukashenka retorts him: "Well, what does it mean I will give  them 7 districts, and they will start fighting! And if they do not  start?"

To which Sargsyan replies that he cannot leave the fate of the  150-thousand population at random or if.

"Well, then I say, since we are an organization, then let's protect.  We will make sure that there is no war.  Decide how, up to the point  of sending certain peacekeeping forces there. We will not go there to  fight, but agreements to be respected . It seems to me that your  position is weak here, "Lukashenko said to Sargsyan, noting that I  will not give up the districts to adhere to the position, since they  will go to war later, because they may not go to war.

To which Sargsyan approved the CSTO's desire to resolve this issue,  but at the same time expressed bewilderment why today Armenia should  just give up the regions without any guarantees that Azerbaijan will  not go to war with it later.

"Why just like that, he offered you 5 billion at the first stage,"  Lukashenka said. To which Sargsyan said that he was ready to give  Aliyev 6 billion, let him give up these 7 areas.

After these phrases of Sargsyan, Lukashenko accused the RA President  of unwillingness to settle this issue.

"I cannot do this. Why? Because these 7 regions were conquered by the  lives of 5,000 children. 5,000 people died there," Sargsyan said.

This statement of the RA President again caused a misunderstanding of  the Belarusian leader, who stated that during the Second World War 30  million lives were lost, but today they are not at war with the  Germans.  To which Sargsyan noted that Armenia lost no less then,  only 30 thousand Armenians died for Belarus.  This audio recording  caused a wide public response and various interpretations.  So, some  citizens began to wonder where did the third president of the  Republic of Armenia get so much money that he was ready to buy out 7  districts, they say so much was looted during his years in power.   The leak of this record to the network again raises many questions,  up to why it was leaked to the Internet right now. It can be assumed  that one of the arguments in favor of this "leaking" was the  assertion thrown in by Pashinyan's supporters that "the territories  were sold" even under Serzh Sargsyan, and Pashinyan had no choice but  to sign this act of surrender. Or is it a weak attempt to restore the  "tarnished reputation" of the third RA President, to whom the  Armenian society does not have a very good attitude.