An interview with Armenian national hero and third president Serzh Sargsyan has premiered. It promises to be a good one.
Sargsyan says he didn't lose to "these guys [Pashinyan], I lost to much more powerful forces."
Sargsyan says that the infamous line, "Nikol Pashinyan was right, I was wrong," was a reference to Sargsyan being wrong that Pashinyan wouldn't have risked the lives of others and that Pashinyan was right that he would indeed do anything to achieve his end: power.
"Why wasn't Karen Karapetyan nominated from the get-go to replace you?"

Sargsyan: we agreed that it would be best that we continue with me as primary negotiator re: Artsakh as PM and he remains in his position essentially running the economy; Karapetyan agreed.
Sargsyan says Karapetyan asked him to remove laudatory statements about him (Karapetyan) in his resignation text; Sargsyan acquiesced.
Sargsyan saying he continues to hold Karapetyan in high esteem, contradicting rumors that have circulated that Karapetyan was in cahoots with Pashinyan.
Sargsyan says that he was not ready to use force and for people to die in order for him to hold onto power.
"These past three years, all they [Pashinyan and his government] have done is destroy." - Serzh Sargsyan
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