Pressure group accuses Minister of ‘diminishing patriotism’
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Aug 2 2005
Baku, August 1, AssA-Irada — The radical Garabagh Liberation
Organization (GLO) has condemned the Education Ministry’s decision
to cancel military training classes in the country’s secondary
schools. This step by the Ministry is unacceptable for a country,
the lands of which are under occupation, it said in a statement.
“The Ministry has dealt a serious blow on patriotism and military
preparedness activities by canceling military departments first and
then the classes.”
The GLO statement decisively condemned Minister Misir Mardanov’s
earlier visit to Armenia and even claimed that he allegedly ‘serves
Armenians’. The GLO thereby demanded to resume military training
classes and called for the dismissal of Minister Mardanov.*
From: Baghdasarian