WE DON’T NEED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, WE NEED THEIR WEAPON

Lragir, Armenia
Nov 16 2006

In Armenia we don’t need the Russian soldier, we need the Russian
weapon and equipment, stated Kiro Manoyan, ARF on November 16,
who is in charge of the Hay Dat and political issues. He expressed
this view when the reporters asked him how a Russian young man can
guarantee the security of the people of Armenia, if he is brought
up in an atmosphere of xenophobia in his homeland, and who kills the
citizens of Armenia in his homeland.

"In Armenia, we do not need Russian soldiers to come to Armenia, we
need their weapon and equipment to be here," says Kiro Manoyan. He
also thinks that the killings of citizens of Armenia in Russia are
not an anti-Armenian policy. Kiro Manoyan says the chauvinism and
xenophobia in Russia is worrying but they do not kill only Armenians.

Kiro Manoyan says, however, that it does not mean we do not need
to worry about the killings of our compatriots. The murder of one
person is worrying and should be condemned, let alone that millions
of Armenians live in Russia, says Kiro Manoyan. The representative of
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun is worried by the reaction of the Russian law
enforcement agencies towards these incidents, which fail to expose
and punish the guilty.