Notes from the Pink City
Reflecting on the April War on Its Third Anniversary
Three years ago, I was sitting at my desk in Yerevan when a shootout on the Talish sector of the Line of Contact (LOC) in Artsakh flared into a brief, but deadly encounter. For four days, which saw the use of heavy artillery, armored combat and unmanned aerial vehicles for the first time since a ceasefire ended the Nagorno-Karabakh War back in 1994, the Armenian military managed to fend off a sustained attempt by Azerbaijan at settling the deadlock through the use of force.
In many ways, this
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‘… while then-opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan had actively participated in the conflict …’
Nikol has qualities of course, but military service or experience are not among them (this gap is actually his Achilles’ heel).
Great article. Thank you Raffi for such great work.
This passage was a reference to the fact that Pashinian and some members of his party relieved soldiers from the Front Line near Talish for a week right after the fighting died down. Granted, it’s not the same as military service, but a testament to his willingness to take up arms when push comes to shove.
Great article!