PARLIAMENTARY FORCES CONDEMN ARMENIANS’ MURDERS IN RUSSIA

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 17 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian state officials should
undertake serious steps in connection with murders of Armenians in
Russia. RPA faction head Galust Sahakian said this at the November 17
NA briefing. In his words, by now the Armenian side has only limited
itself to statements, whereas recurrence of such incidents "should
give rise to great interest." "Sometimes it is difficult to say how to
overcome the incidents happening in Russia," he said at the same time.

In the words of Azgayin Miabanutiun (National Unity) faction head
Artashes Geghamian, we should call the Russian authorities for
disclosing and punishing the forces existing in Russia that do
everything for damaging the Armenian-Russian strategic alliance. In
his words, if parallel with the Georgian events similar events develop
in Armenia, too, the South Caucasus will burst from inside: this does
not proceed from interests of either Armenia or Russia.

Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) faction Secretary Heghine Bisharian
considers these incidents as a result of Armenia’s bad policy. In
her words, if there is some progress in the country, the Armenian
families will return and no incidents of the kind will happen.

Bisharian declared tat OYP condemns these phenomena. She also mentioned
the necessity to hold serious discussions among political forces.