In a briefing the reporters asked Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan to comment on Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s pronouncement that he had been expulsed from Karabakh in 1993. “What shall I comment on? It is a barefaced lie. There is nothing to comment. I think any reporter who is interested in this topic can make sure what documents the chair of the committee of defense of Karabakh signed in May, how many he signed, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s decree on the appointment of defense minister. Once you find out the difference, you will see there is nothing to comment on. Generally, I would not like anyone to go back to those years. It is useless,” Serge Sargsyan says. He answered similarly to another question on Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s pronouncement on war expenses. The first president had stated during the rally on November 16 that the money spent to supply the war would be enough to light and heat Armenia and Karabakh. Levon Ter-Petrosyan had advised to ask Serge Sargsyan in case an opportunity arises because he knows this. “You see, I don’t want to criticize or to praise anyone. I really don’t want to talk of those years,” Serge Sargsyan said. He was also asked to comment on the statements of New Times Party chairman Aram Karapetyan, who said that the government is trying to impede the process of his nomination as a presidential candidate because it is afraid of him, Sargsyan said, “Would you not be afraid of Aram Karapetyan. What if he blocks Parakar? What are we going to do?”
