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Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan on Tuesday met with representatives of the healthcare sector within the framework of meetings with specialists from different spheres, the official Facebook page of the former president reported.

Some of the issues raised during the meeting concerned the border situation in Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces and Armenia's appeal to the CSTO for assistance.

“You [the Armenian authorities] have placed your positions deep within and Azerbaijan has advanced, now you are shouting out loud, ‘Let Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan come and push Azerbaijan back.’ But where are you? How is it that within the CSTO everyone has more friendly relations with Azerbaijan, which is not a CSTO member state, than with Armenia. Should they answer this simple question or not? Why should Belarus, Kazakhstan and other countries have better relations with Azerbaijan? Now you turn to them. Why should they protect you? You don’t stand on your border and defend it, you apply to the CSTO and present it to the people as heroism. So what is next? One of the main functions of the state – ensuring security – is simply worthy of ridicule,” the ex-president said.

Speaking about the border crisis and possible developments in Syunik, Kocharyan said: “No measures are being taken to strengthen the borders of the country. If you have a border, you must defend it with your own military. To do this, you need to understand where your positions are. During this period, our armed forces had to be given the opportunity to deploy troops with the appropriate density on this border area.

“I believe we will first of all be demanded to demarcate the borders and forced to recognize those borders. They will constantly force [the authorities] to sign something. These are broken people, and, I am convinced, that there will be no resistance.”

“Our key problem at the moment is the complete lack of new resources to resist," he stated.