RA DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER JOINED OPPOSITION?

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.02.2008 20:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA Deputy Defense Minister, general Manvel
Grigoryan and his assistant Gagik Melkonyan joined the opposition,
Levon Ter-Petrosyan told a rally in Yerevan on Thursday. According
to the ex-President, he personally met with gen. Grigoryan yesterday.

"At the moment we are holding talks with General Staff Chief Seyran
Ohanyan. I am convinced that the army will join Grigoryan and
Melkonyan," he said. "Manvel Grigoryan and Gagik Melkonyan are the
guarantors of the people’s security and the army should serve for
their interests."

Meanwhile, RA Defense Minister’s Spokesman, colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan
said "he can’t comment on nonsense." "To announce support of
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the officials mentioned above should hand in
resignation. I do not possess any information on their resignation,"
he said, Novosti Armenia reports.