Let Shahramanyan first explain how he managed to leave Artsakh with  security, while the rest of his colleagues did not: Alen Simonyan

ArmInfo. Today, Alen Simonayn, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, tried to mitigate the negative effect of his words by clarifying that his comments  yesterday were aimed at specific individuals and not the entire  people of Artsakh.

The day before, Alen Simonyan criticized the people of Artsakh for  not fighting against the Azerbaijanis in the last war. <You left, you  left  because it was unsafe. Although you could have stayed and  fought to the end, but you left,> the speaker of the parliament said  during a briefing with journalists in the parliament, when a  journalist from Artsakh asked when she could return to her homeland.  The NA speaker pointed out that the people of Artsakh could have  fight with the weapons that the Republic of Armenia left there. After  the briefing, speaking from the high rostrum, Simonyan said: "I do  not mean that no one from Karabakh fought for Karabakh. I mean that  they called us and said: "We are leaving, we will not stay here any  longer, open the border, we are leaving." We answered: "How can the  soldiers stay if you are all leaving? How can you leave?"  "No, no,  open it, we are all leaving." Of course, we must leave, as soon as  they start shooting, everyone must leave. In the same way, if they  start shooting on the border in Syunik, you will all gather and  leave. This means that everyone must stay and defend their homeland." 

Artsakh President Samvel Shahramanyan demanded that Simonyan publicly  apologize to the internally displaced persons from Artsakh and  refrain from making assessments that cast doubt on the struggle of  the people of Artsakh and the defense of their homeland.

"Many have fought, many have sacrificed their lives. It's not about  them. Many understand who we are talking about," he said at a  briefing today. According to him, he was talking about specific  people who "were returning to their homes on Northern Avenue, who  were returning to their mansions in Armenia." "About those who had  built businesses outside of Karabakh, because they did not see their  future connected to it," Simonyan noted. Instead of defending their  homeland with weapons provided by Armenia, they acted in a manner  that ultimately led to the de-Armenization of Artsakh.  As for  Shahramanyan himself, as Simonyan pointed out, he should first  explain how he managed to leave Artsakh with his security and end up  in Armenia, while the rest of his colleagues did not (former  presidents of Artsakh held by Baku - ed.). Additionally, the speaker  added that if the president of Artsakh has any questions for him, he  should write to the relevant department of parliament, and he <will  discuss and possible provide answer>.

Earlier, the President of Artsakh was asked why the former presidents  were arrested but the fifth (Shahramanyan himself) was not touched.  He said that Baku had shown a selective approach, arresting them  based on political considerations. <I arrived by helicopter together  with the Defense Minister and two security officers. We flew to the  airport in Sisian,> Shahramanyan said.