Friday, April 16 2021 08:49

ArmInfo. The Security Council Office published declassified documents in response to some statements by the former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian  Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan.

The Security Council report says: "In response to the statement of  the former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces  Onik Gasparyan on November 17, 2020, the Security Council Office  considers it necessary to clarify some of the statements made in this  statement and publish declassified documents concerning the latter."

"Back in November, Mr. Gasparyan said:" On June 8 of this year, I was  appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and on June  12 I presented to the Prime Minister of Armenia, and a few days later  to the Security Council, an analysis of the military-political  situation in the region, as well as the capabilities of our Armed  Forces. "

However, after the appointment of Onik Gasparyan at the June 19  Security Council meeting, Mr.  Gasparyan was not on the list of  speakers (there were two speakers at the meeting), which is confirmed  by the minutes of the Security Council meeting (see Appendix No. 1).

Further, Mr. Gasparyan stated: "On the fourth day of the war, at the  meeting of the Security Council, I presented our losses, the  assessment of the Armed Forces on the situation, noting that within  two or three days it is necessary to take measures to end the war,  otherwise if combat actions will continue with this intensity, our  resources will be depleted in a short time, and during each next day  we will have more unfavorable conditions for the negotiation process.  "

In connection with this statement, we present some excerpts from the  transcript of Onik Gasparyan's report dated September 30, 2021 (see  Appendix No. 2), in which Mr. Gasparyan says: "Mister Prime Minister,  in fact, the situation tactically has not changed, that is the enemy  did not advance ... "," ... In any case, the troops carry out their  task, in the morning we conducted a small counterattack in the  direction of Jebrail, we achieved success ... ". Concluding his  speech, Gasparyan noted: "This is the situation, we continue to  fulfill our task and we will fulfill it to the end."

In the context of this clarification, we consider it necessary to  present excerpts from the minutes of the meeting of the Security  Council dated Aug 21, 2020 (see Appendix No. 3), in which, in  particular, Onik Gasparyan notes: "... In the eastern operational  direction ... and in the northeastern operational direction, we  manage to beat off with the available forces and means on the  principle of" not a step back ", to fail the enemy offensive, to  defeat his groupings ...". Gasparyan adds: "I see the solution to  most of the problems in the creation and formation of the militia  ...".

This expresses the position of Mr. Gasparyan regarding the current  military-political situation and makes the latter's approaches to  this issue more holistic at the moment. "

Recall that the day before, after the accusations of Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan were voiced, the former Chief of the General Staff of  the Armenian Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan, in particular, noted that  the minutes of the meetings of the Armenian Security Council could be  falsified and presented in a version pleasing to the current  authorities.