NOBODY SHOULD INVOLVE ARMY IN POLITICS

Panorama.am
13:50 23/02/2008

Today Michael Harutyunyan, the minister of defence visited "Haghtanak"
park to commemorate the day of "Country’s Defender" of the Russian
Federation. He maintained that many Armenian soldiers served in the
Soviet Union army and celebrated the day together. "It is known that
this day is not mentioned by our laws but we still celebrate it with
our colleagues," said the minister.

Michael Harutyunyan also mentioned that it is but rumors that some
deputy ministers joined the opposition. "All it is a lie, as all
the ministers carry out their responsibilities. No one should make
announcements in the name of the defence ministry," he said.

He particularly notified that the army is far away from the politics,
and has nothing to do with it. He said that perhaps they want it to
be so, but is impossible, as nobody could involve army in political
activities.