“War or Peace. Time to Get Serious”, November 1, 1997, was the position paper of then president Levon Ter-Petrosyan regarding the possible resolution of the Karabagh conflict. Not out of love for history, but out of necessity for coming to terms with reality and for shaping reality as much as possible, we should not ignore studying that historical happening in our recent history and its implications for the future.
I Levon Ter-Petrosyan (LTP) was the first president of the Republic of Armenia. His term was from 11 November 1991 to 3 February 1998. On November 1, 1997, President Levon Ter-Petrosyan published his political position regarding the possibility of settling the Karabagh conflict he led. He titled his position paper, “War or Peace. Time to Get Serious.”
Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, who are from Karabakh, and Vardan Oskanian who is from the Diaspora, opposed President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. It was LTP who as the leader of Karabagh unification movement and as the first president of the Republic of Armenia, who had propelled their political fortunes.
President Levon Ter-Petrsoyan, appointed Robert Kocharyan as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia on March 20, 1997.
In 1997, President Levon Ter-Petrosyan also appointed Serzh Sargsyan as the Minister of National Security of Armenia. Additionally, he concurrently held the position of Minister of Interior as well.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan appointed Vardan Oskanian to Armenia’s Foreign Ministry in 1992, and had him elevated to deputy minister in 1994 and then to the first deputy in 1997. His main responsibility concerned the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict.
In that capacity, Oskanian disagreed with the concessions proposed by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, as did Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan. The three, rejected their own leader, and political mentor LTP, and had him resign office, a few months later, on February 3, 1988. They hence took over the leadership of the country for the next twenty years and enriched themselves becoming enormously wealthy. But what the LTP had warned about, happened. Karabakh was depopulated.
I have attached Levon Ter-Petrsoyan’s “War or Peace. Time to Get Serious” in its entirity in four segments, along with their translations.
Part 1 – The only option for solving the Karabakh question is compromise,'
http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/10/war-or-peace-time-to-get-serious_23.html
Part 2 - The path of adventurers will lead to inevitable defeat
http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/10/war-or-peace-time-to-get-serious_29.html
Part 3 - Five myths and two riddles
http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/11/war-or-peace-time-to-get-serious.html
Part 4/4 - Our only ally is the refusal of adventure
http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/11/war-or-peace-time-to-get-serious_12.html
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