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20 YEARS AGO ARMENIANS LIBERATED MARTAKERT
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/06/27/vardan-devrikyan
06:03 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
Martakert, a province in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, was liberated
on June 28, 1993, after several months of retreat. Armenians should
learn lessons from the Artsakh war and Martakert Battle, says literary
critic Vardan Devrikyan, a participant of the battle.
The biggest lesson to be learned is that any conflict between the
government and the opposition affected the protection. Another
surprising thing was that the more strained relations were in the
capital, the more harmonious it was to cooperate on the frontline,"
Devrikyan said advising to forget about the relations between the
authorities and opposition when protecting the borders of the country.
Between September and February 1992, when the Armenian forces retreated
and left Martakert, Azerbaijanis came and settled there.
Vardan Devrikyan says it is characteristic of Azerbaijan to populate
the occupied territories which is not the case with Armenians.
"Armenians never returned to villages where the enemy had stepped.
Shushi is another example," says the literary critic.
"Matakert Battle also taught us that it is rather difficult to return
something you have lost so easily. Within two months we lost Shahumyan
and Martakert and only ten months later we were able to win it back,"
Devrikyan concluded.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/06/27/vardan-devrikyan
06:03 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
Martakert, a province in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, was liberated
on June 28, 1993, after several months of retreat. Armenians should
learn lessons from the Artsakh war and Martakert Battle, says literary
critic Vardan Devrikyan, a participant of the battle.
The biggest lesson to be learned is that any conflict between the
government and the opposition affected the protection. Another
surprising thing was that the more strained relations were in the
capital, the more harmonious it was to cooperate on the frontline,"
Devrikyan said advising to forget about the relations between the
authorities and opposition when protecting the borders of the country.
Between September and February 1992, when the Armenian forces retreated
and left Martakert, Azerbaijanis came and settled there.
Vardan Devrikyan says it is characteristic of Azerbaijan to populate
the occupied territories which is not the case with Armenians.
"Armenians never returned to villages where the enemy had stepped.
Shushi is another example," says the literary critic.
"Matakert Battle also taught us that it is rather difficult to return
something you have lost so easily. Within two months we lost Shahumyan
and Martakert and only ten months later we were able to win it back,"
Devrikyan concluded.