When, back in 2018, the hero of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), General Vitaly Balasanyan—Secretary of the Artsakh Security Council—was sounding the alarm that nation-betraying forces had come to power in Armenia and it was necessary to fight [against them], everyone seemed to be skeptical of the general's words. This is noted in a statement issued Saturday by the Justice Party of Artsakh.

"However, the nation-betraying forces, realizing very well what V. Balasanyan is alarming about, were trying to isolate him in every possible way.

Sadly, the 44-day war of 2020 confirmed the general's words and concerns.

Today, [Armenia’s] nation-betraying [PM] Nikol Pashinyan is still at the helm of power, and naturally, he continues to fight against the heroic general who was the first to expose his [Pashinyan’s] nation-betraying program.

Yesterday, information was spread in some news outlet that, allegedly, V. Balasanyan is also involved in the nation-destroying process of ‘persuading back’ RA MOD GS [(Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense General Staff)] chief Onik Gasparyan. The same signature of the same center.

However, knowing V. Balasanyan very well, we can state that the general who achieved victory in the [19]90s, who reaffirmed in April 2016 the fact of his being a glorious military-political figure, could not have participate in the nation-destroying process of ‘persuading back’ Onik Gasparyan.

And if he even met with Gasparyan, then only to support him and inform that both he and the patriotic segment of Artsakh stand with Homeland Salvation Movement [which demands Pashinyan’s resignation] and the Armenian army," the statement also reads in part.