I was told that the meeting was going to be with young people, and I spoke openly, but then it turned out that all the attendees were journalists, after which all political parties took parts from the context and made them public. Secretary of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Security Council Samvel Babayan stated this Wednesday during a meeting with MPs of the Artsakh National Assembly.

“I was asked about the military sector, and I said, in my opinion, if I were to choose to seize Kirovabad or Lenkoran, I would choose to seize Lenkoran. In this case, Karabakh won’t expand its border, and it’s also economically beneficial. This is the whole meaning of what they say when they say that Samvel Babaayn is against the liberation of Shahumyan region. In 1993, we kept convincing the Armenians of Shahumyan to go and stay in the region,” he said.