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On October 27th , a day after the third humanitarian ceasefire was violated , the guest of the TV show was the chair of Arabic studies at the YSU , Davit Hovhannisyan . The interview started with the conversation about the consequences of the ceasefire violation and the role of the OSCE Minsk Group in the process . The interviewee emphasized the inequality of power in the front line as well as Turkey ’ s role and interest in the region . Finally , the interviewer asked Hovhannisyan about his opinion on Vazgen Manukyan ’ s call to the government to resign and transfer power to the army . Hovhannisyan argued that it is crucial to keep the unity and consolidate all resources during wartime . The guest of the October 29th interview was Andranik Kocharyan , the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security of the National Assembly of the RA . It was the day when Artsakh ’ s president announced that the enemy is several kilometers from Shushi . The questions discussed during the interview included the decisions adopted by the National Assembly towards facilitating the organization of the armed forces , mobilization of resources as well as punishments in cases of desertion . They also talked about the opposition ’ s call for resignation , as discussed with the previous interviewee . Kocharyan said that it was an unexpected announcement for him and argued that such steps would only interfere with the government ’ s handling of crisis management . He assured that the government is open to any suggestion and support of the representatives of previous governments of Armenia . At the end of the interview , Kocharyan stated that Armenia ’ s good relations with its strategic partner Russia allow for better resistance against the adversary ’ s offensive ( Interview with Petros ghazaryan ).
The guest of the interview on November 3rd was the leader of oppositional party “ Bright Armenia ” Edmon Marukyan . Ghazaryan opened the interview with a note about the terrorist attack in Vienna and the PM ’ s condolence letter to its chancellor . The issues discussed during the interview were Turkey ’ s policy towards Armenia and the involvement of terrorists in the war , Russia ’ s role in the Karabakh conflict and the rivalry between Turkey and Russia over their influence in the region . However , the focus of the interview was on Turkey ’ s terrorist attacks in different parts of the world and the inevitable consequences of such events . On November 6th , when the Armenian armed forces were conducting military operations for the defense of Shushi , Ghazaryan invited the representative of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan to talk about the battle for Shushi . Hovhannisyan assured that the Armenian army demonstrated heroic resistance to the adversary ’ s attacks and the battle for Shushi was expected to end the next day . They also discussed Azerbaijani propaganda throughout the war and
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