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  • Unlike Kocharian, Karen Demirjian Didn't Shoot At His Own People: Le

    UNLIKE KOCHARIAN, KAREN DEMIRJIAN DIDN'T SHOOT AT HIS OWN PEOPLE: LEVON TER-PETROSSIAN

    Tert.am
    18:05 ~U 27.11.09

    Karen Demirjian's bas-relief was affixed near the entrance to the very
    same museum which bears his name. November 27 was chosen as the date of
    this ceremony because, as noted by Demirjian's widow Rima Demirjian,
    on this day in 1974, Demirjian met the public for the first time and
    with his words, Armenia's steep upsurge began.

    Participating in the opening ceremony were Armenian National Congress
    leaders led by first president of the Republic of Armenia, Levon
    Ter-Petrossian.

    Speaking about Karen Demirjian during his speech, Ter-Petrossian wanted
    to focus attention on that which, in his words, has been ignored for
    20 years.

    "That is the issue connected with Karen Demirjian and
    Nagorno-Karabakh. Perhaps no one has assessed why on May 21, 1988, if
    I'm not mistaken, they discharged Karen Demirjian from his post. Karen
    Demirjian was discharged exclusively for one reason: he didn't crush
    the Karabakh movement, didn't shoot his own people - something that
    Gorbachev couldn't forgive him for... For me, this is perhaps one
    of the most historic, possibly the most important, pages of Karen
    Demirjian's life. The people's leader, who didn't go against his
    people, unlike Robert Kocharian, who on March 1, cold-heartedly fired
    at his own people, much like they shoot at elephants and rhinoceroses
    in safaris," noted Ter-Petrossian.

    The Armenian National Congress leader noted that it would be wrong
    to identify Demirjian with the system.

    "With the last count, Karen Demirjian became the system's victim;
    one shouldn't and mustn't identify him with the system," added
    Ter-Petrossian.
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