Vahe H. Apelian
The attached are my translations of Levon Sharoyan’s posting on his Facebook page during and after the second Artsakh war that started on September 27, 2020 and ended in a ceasefire on November 10, 2020. Almost all Armenians know what transpired since the cessation of the hostility. Artsakh has capitulated and is being depopulated.
It remains for all of us to hold our temper because this war, in the greater scheme of things, has not ended and threatens Armenia, or at least threatens the free and independent state we aspired since the fall of the last Armenian kingdom.
It is imperative to keep law and and order, and help keep law and order in Armenia so that the government can attend to the existential threat Armenia is facing. Whatever has been said below is not gossip but is said by “university professors, high-ranking former officers, retired diplomats, journalists, analysts, party and public figures, "specialists" on Armenian affairs, etc., etc., who respond with an astonishing unanimity and with an effortless consistency echo the official view of the Turkish state that "Armenia is an occupier country and must return Karabakh to Azerbaijan." There is no deviation from this theme and no dissenting opinion. “
And the “occupation” of Armenia has not ended with the capitulation of Nagorno-Karabakh, the historic Artsakh, but also more likely will involve Azerbaijan's so called “eastern Azerbaijan”, the historic Syunik where the next phase of the war may very well be, and it may not entail only a corridor but annexation of Syunik region.
Yes, it is imperative to keep law and and order in Armenia, and help keep law and order in Armenia.
I invite readers to read Levon Sharoyan’s postings again, even though I have posted them before.
During the war, on October 22, 2020
“Since the first day of this terrible Turanian war that was unleashed against Artsakh and Armenia, for more than three weeks now, I have been following dozens of Turkish stations, day by day. All of them, without exception, simply spread POISON and HATRED against the ARMENIAN PEOPLE.
These stations invite, for hours on end, university professors, high-ranking former officers, retired diplomats, journalists, analysts, party and public figures, "specialists" on Armenian affairs, etc., etc., who respond with an astonishing unanimity and with an effortless consistency echo the official view of the Turkish state that "Armenia is an occupier country and must return Karabakh to Azerbaijan." There is no deviation from this theme and no dissenting opinion.
The 80 million population of Turkey listens to these stations and swallows what is presented to them day after day; surely appropriating the following without further ado, that:
Throughout history, Armenia has always been an occupier and pre-emptive country.
Yerevan is Turkish land. At the beginning of the last century, the majority of the population of Yerevan was Turkish Muslim.
In the 1990s, Armenians carried out horrific massacres of innocent Azeri citizens in Khojaly (Azerbaijan) and went unpunished.
Armenians not only deported the natives of Karabakh, the Azeris, but also committed a cultural genocide there.
How dare a poor Armenia, with a population of one and a half million attack neighboring Azerbaijan? The Russians are behind the Armenians
The state of Armenia is a bandit government. It must be taught such a lesson that it is vanished from the region. We must vanquish the thievish Armenia.
We negotiated with them for thirty years. The knife cut to the bone. Our Azeri brothers will liberate their ancestral lands and have the red crescent flag fly over them.
The Armenians make a wild nation. In this region, Armenia is a hotbed of instability and hostility.
By continually hitting Armenia on the head, Karabakh will be taken away from its hands.
“Zangezur” is Turkish land. It is necessary to take quick steps to have it as a land bridge between Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan
It is necessary to restrain the spoiled Armenia. With the support of the West, it has become a plague for the Turkish-speaking peoples of the region.
The Azeri army did not bomb urban settlements at all. The civilized tradition of the Turkish nation forbids us to do such a thing. Meanwhile, Armenians continue targeting cities and their innocent residents.
Pashinyan has become a pathetic figure. To cover up his defeat, he makes statements against Turkey using the myth of "genocide".
Turkey is with its Azeri brothers to the last point, both on the front line and at the negotiating table.
These many quotes, I think, give an idea of the kind of enemy the Armenian army is fighting.
Has anything changed since the days of Abdul Hamid and Talaat?”
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On November 12, 2020, three days after the cease fire.
"As a nation, we live in one of the saddest, most frustrating, and most dangerous periods of our history in the last hundred years. Artsakh is almost emptied of Armenians. It seems it has irreversibly become a foothold for Turks and Azeris. Already everyone knows that during the past weeks, perhaps months, a terrible conspiracy was “cooked” by the Baku-Ankara-Moscow trio and imposed on Armenia on November 10. Turkey and Azerbaijan are jubilant.
About an hour ago (November 12, 2020), the Arabic section of the Turkish state-run broadcaster covered the recent events in Karabakh. The three participants analyzed the situation and clarified Turkey's views, which clearly showed what a long and consistent diplomatic and military efforts Turkey had vested to “swallow” Artsakh. I present to my readers a bunch of confirmations made from the media.
- “Turkey's role in this victory was simply the key. We were the ones who trained the Azeri army. We were the ones who equipped it with modern equipment. We will no longer feel the need to keep this a secret.”
- “In this glorious victory by Azerbaijan, we can say that President Putin also stood by the Azeris. We are thankful for his fair role.”
- “According to the agreement on November 10, in a few days, the Armenian occupation forces will leave the Agdam region forever. Soon 150 thousand former residents of Agdam will return to their homes and thus the region will regain its native Azeri character.”
- “Nakhichevan will take a deep breath henceforth! From now on, Turkey will have a land connection and a bridge with its brother Azerbaijan from Kars and Nakhichevan. This vital corridor will open the way we longed for to reach to our Turkic-speaking countries of Central Asia.”
- “If Armenia tries not to implement the signed agreement, it will be hit very hard on the head with a joint Russian-Turkish fist. Let them have no doubt about this.”
- “Tomorrow, Friday, a large Russian military delegation will arrive in Ankara to discuss with us the details of the unwavering application of the November 10 agreement. Already yesterday, the defense ministers of our two friendly countries signed a memorandum (via an internet meeting), according to which Turkey is setting up a joint monitoring body with Russia to monitor the security situation in Karabakh. We will be allowed to have drones to curb possible illegal movements of the Armenians.”
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- “Karabakh must be rebuilt by Turkish businessmen. We have developed serious programs in this regard. Of course, Karabakh Armenians will also be allowed to come and live there as full citizens of Azerbaijan. They will see that under the auspices of the Azeri state, they will feel much calmer and happier than under the shadow of Yerevan.”
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Levon Sharoyan concluded saying:
“I will not continue quoting anymore. Does the Armenian diplomacy or even the Armenian public have lessons to learn from all this, from all that has happened and will happen? »
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