SAMVEL BABAYAN REFUTES
LRAGIR.AM
17/05/10
NKR former Defense Minister Samvel Babayan issued a statement which
denies the hearsay of his soon appointment the Minister of Defense
of Armenia which is determined by Kocharyan-Sargsyan "contradiction".
Samvel Babayan said that if he wishes, he could be publicly engaged
in politics, regardless of others’ projects. He stresses that he does
not seek to get any position, and the former positions he occupied
were in emergency situations by the dictation of need.
The declaration also expresses surprise at the noise, raised around
Babayan’s visit to Iran and his meetings with senior military ranks.
Such visits to various countries take place periodically, and it is
unclear why the visit to Iran has caused such uproar, is said in the
statement. Really Samvel Babayan recently visited Iran, but from a
purely private purposes", the statement notes.