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Major businessmen from Russia, France, the US and Uruguay have established centers for the collection of reservists and veterans, which in the event of renewed hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, will move them to the conflict zone through Iran’s airspace, reports Regnum news agency, citing the anonymous organizer of the “Preventative Mobilization” program, who is an Armenian entrepreneur in Russia.
According to him, the work is being carried out within the newly established public movement “Armenian Reservists and Veterans Union.” The movement’s activists estimate a total of almost 200,000 Armenians from more than 38 countries in the world can participate in the program.
On the question of what methods the diaspora will use if war resumes in Karabakh, the source said: “When you are at the threshold of war, all methods are acceptable. I’m not saying that we will use Osama bin Laden’s methods. No, we will act openly and more firm. If there is no Armenia, there are no Armenians. The nation is at risk and aware of this are all Armenians who are part of these reserves, from whatever country they may be — from Iran to Abkhazia and Javakhq [Javakheti, Georgia], from Ukraine and Bulgaria to the US and Argentina. You won’t believe, but also in the reserve are citizens who are not ethnically Armenian, who consider our work just. In this regard, the most active are those nations that have anti-Turkish sentiments: the Serbs, Bulgarians, even the Italians.”
Asked whether the Armenian government or state supports this initiative, the anonymous businessman said, “Regarding this issue, I’m not going to open the brackets. Everything will clear up by itself after [the upcoming OSCE Summit in] Astana [Kazakhstan].”