Armenia did not declare war on Azerbaijan in order to sign peace  treaty with it today - Robert Kocharyan 

ArmInfo.Armenia did not declare war on Azerbaijan in order to sign a peace treaty with it today. This was stated by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of  the Republic of Armenia, at a press conference on October 7.

According to him, from a formal standpoint, it is unclear what the  peace treaty should cover. The most interesting thing, Kocharyan  continued, is that during the 44-day war in Artsakh, which the  Armenian side lost, martial law was declared in the country. During  the first Artsakh war in 1992-1994, martial law was not declared in  Armenia, and no general mobilization was carried out, yet the  Armenian side prevailed. "I, frankly, don't understand why all this  is being done. Of course, it would be good if a peace treaty were  signed, but if this document lacks guarantors and international  mechanisms for monitoring violations, it will be just a piece of  paper, not a document. It will be an election document for the  campaign," said the second president of Armenia.

Robert Kocharyan pointed to the government's statements about the  anarchy that reigns in a world where international law is practically  nonexistent. "And this is indeed the case. Looking at the UN, it  seems difficult to imagine a more defenseless organization. Political  figures gather in one place and make statements without any  consequences. First of all, the US does not grant the UN powers that  could influence the global situation," the former president of  Armenia emphasized. And it is no coincidence that in this situation,  Azerbaijan is increasing its military budget, while Armenia is  reducing it. "I don't have an answer to what's happening; it's  difficult to explain within the logic of common sense," Robert  Kocharyan remarked, suggesting that this is Ilham Aliyev's demand  that Yerevan abandon militarization.