BAKU: Armenian Intelligence Investigate President Assassination Plot

ARMENIAN INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATE PRESIDENT ASSASSINATION PLOT

Azeri Press Agency
Nov 5 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Zaur Nurmammadov-APA. Armenian intelligence investigates
the article on Serzh Sargsyan’s assassination plot published in
pro-opposition newspaper Aykakan Jamanak, APA reports quoting Interfax.

Armenian intelligence called Lusine Barsegian, author of article to
give testimony. Barsegian wrote quoting Sarkis Apsanian, veteran of
Nagorno Karabakh war and living in France at present that several
assassinations including bombing of presidential plane planned to be
plotted. Apsanian stated that he got information from his friend,
teaching at military academy in one of the European countries. He
underlined that former President Robert Kocharian and Dashnaktsutyun
Party had a hand in the assassination. Moreover, forces being against
concessions in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh supports murder
of Sargsyan.

Jirayr Sefilian, veteran of Nagorno Karabakh war announced that he
established union of political forces being against territorial
concessions. Dashnaktsutyun Party publicized that it would leave
the coalition if the government does not take interests of Karabakh
into account.