{"id":5938,"date":"2025-06-18T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:23:12","slug":"tiran-hachatrjan-nikol-pashinjan-delal-dlja-armii-to-chto-sam-hotel-a-ne-to-chto-nuzhno-bylo-armii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/en\/2025\/06\/18\/tiran-hachatrjan-nikol-pashinjan-delal-dlja-armii-to-chto-sam-hotel-a-ne-to-chto-nuzhno-bylo-armii\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiran Khachatryan: Nikol Pashinyan did for the army what he wanted, not what was needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

27.06.2023. News.am reports:<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Nikol Pashinyan did what he wanted for the army, not what was needed, and no amount of substantiation ever mattered to him.\nThis statement was made by Tiran Khachatryan, the former First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, in an interview with FactInfo, in response to remarks made earlier today by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.<\/p>\n

To recall, on June 27, speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee investigating the circumstances of the 44-day war, Prime Minister Pashinyan stated that everything necessary had been done for the army.\n\u201cI gave a clear task to the army: tell us what you need, and you will have it,\u201d he said. \u201cFor example, they said, \u2018We need the SU-30SM, a state-of-the-art jet.\u2019 I said, \u2018You\u2019ll have it, if you need it.\u2019 What else do we need? Air defense systems? We\u2019ll get them. What else? I followed the same principle until the end of the 2020 war: Need a rank? You\u2019ll have it. Need a medal? You will have it. Need food? You\u2019ll have it. Need money? You\u2019ll have it. I said yes to everything the army asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Pashinyan says the army was never refused anything it asked for, he should remember how many times the army needed money, they asked for it, but he refused. There were both professional and details substantiations, explanation of the purpose of that money, but they never allocated any,\u201d Khachatryan said.<\/p>\n

Regarding the current authorities\u2019 decision to purchase what he described as \u201cuseless SU jets,\u201d the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff said that there were individuals who requested the acquisition at the time the decision was made.\n\u201cWho asked for those SU jets, and on what grounds?\u201d he said. \u201cA criminal case has been initiated over this matter, proceedings are ongoing, and I am a witness in the case. Therefore, I cannot provide further details at this time. The case was opened following the well-known press conference of Colonel General Movses Hakobyan.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for servicemen requesting medals and promotions from Pashinyan, Khachatryan remarked that perhaps those with especially close, warm relationships with the Prime Minister made such requests, and he did not refuse them.<\/p>\n

To recall, former First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan, was awarded the title of National Hero of the Republic of Armenia but never actually received the medal. Speaking to FactInfo, Khachatryan said that his National Hero medal was never handed over to him and is still at the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n

When asked why he has not returned the rank and medal awarded by the authorities he refers to as \u201cdefeatist,\u201d Khachatryan replied: \u201cDid I receive any rank from them? I have nothing to return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Pashinyan stated that perhaps the only way to prevent the war was to abandon the national vision of Nagorno-Karabakh\u2019s independence from Azerbaijan, claiming that such a demand had been made by Baku. In effect, the person holding the office of Prime Minister admitted that he needed the war in order to gain a legitimate basis to renounce Artsakh\u2019s right to self-determination.\nAccording to Tiran Khachatryan, Pashinyan did only what he needed to do.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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