ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND HIS DEPUTIES URGED LEVON TER-PETROSIAN "NOT TO USE OUR NAMES AND NOT TO MAKE PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS"
Mediamax
February 21, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Defense Minister and his Deputies made a
statement today, in which they urged Ex-President Levon Ter-Petrosian
"not to use our names and not to make provocative statements, which
do not correspond to the reality".
As the statement of the Defense Ministry’s leadership, which was
received by Mediamax, reads, "we urge the political figures to refrain
from involving the Armed Forces into political processes".
"We assure the citizens of the Republic of Armenia that the Armed
Forces will not be involved in internal political processes, will
act within the framework of law and will provide the security
of our Homeland, solving the tasks, set for them by the Supreme
Commander-in-Chief", the statement reads.
By another statement, the Armenian Defense Ministry’s leadership
congratulated Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on being elected for
the position of the President.