If it goes on like this, the Armenian authorities will yield Nagorno-Karabakh, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), told RFE/Radio Liberty in Vanadzor, Armenia.

According to him, the Armenia people and state, as well as Nagorno-Karabakh, are on the way to destruction. “Our only task is to prevent it. We are doing our best to accomplish this task. If anyone wants to help, let they come and help. We are grateful to them,” Ter-Petrosyan said.

He agreed with a remark that fewer people are now attending the ANC rallies. “Let it be so. Our task, I am sure, is to keep this torch alight – the active members not to be broken down. What is going on in Armenia is a real miracle. In no country people – even if they are few - gather to defend their demands just two years after the elections,” the ANC leader said. He assured the journalists that the ANC supporters will, when needed, rise - many more of them than in 2008.

In his recent interview with RFE/Radio Liberty Ter-Petrosyan expressed confidence that a dozen Opposition members now in jail would be released soon. According to him, the Council of Europe (CE) was to increase its pressure on Armenia. A few days after the Ter-Petrosyan’s statement, Ashot Manucharyan, head of the Lori chapter of the Armenian National movement (ANM) was released.