“I continue to think whether it was right to preserve Artsakh at the cost of sacrifices or to build a school or kindergarten in Yerevan or some remote village of Armenia with the prospect of living a peaceful and carefree life... I think and involuntarily recall one of the meetings of the happy General Ivanyan, which, according to an eyewitness, took place on a cruel war day in January 1994, between him and the worthy choreographer of Artsakh, Ashot Babayan... He was in the military commissariat,” writes Sener Hasratyan, a reserve colonel of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, continuing:
"Ashot asked the general to issue army discharge certificates to several dancers of the state ensemble, justifying that the culture of Artsakh's dance should be preserved... The general listened carefully to his interlocutor, then took a deep breath and answered heavily: - If you don't have a homeland and land, where and for whom will you dance that dance...
P.S. - Years ago, when Artsakh was OUR, neither the Jermuk school was in the enemy's target, nor Nerkin Hand, nor Tigranashen... P.S. - The 1st of Artsakh, the 2nd President of the Republic of Armenia R. Kocharyan is one of the unique leaders of the modern Armenian statehood, who both won the war and built a school and kindergarten in the country. But... today he is accused..."
