Even after becoming president , Kocharyan did not have any significant institutional support ( e.g. a party , control of the army , a source of money ) and remained " in a fundamental sense an outsider in Yerevan . " Kocharyan had a more tough position on the Karabakh settlement issue than Ter-Petrosyan . He also urged the international community to recognize the Armenian Genocide , something on which his predecessor did not place importance . In response , Turkey and Azerbaijan tightened their cooperation in isolating Armenia from regional projects . Kocharyan did not put pressure on the Nagorno-Karabakh leadership to concede territory to Azerbaijan . He was supported by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation , which was allowed to actively operate after Ter-Petrosyan 's resignation a month before the election
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Vazgen Sargsyan