Aram Hakhverdyan was the Armenian soldier who was wounded by shots fired by an Azerbaijani sniper on February 15th. He received a wound on his head and had surgery at the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense Central Clinical Military Hospital.

On February 15th, at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan towards Tavush-Ghazakh, an Armenian soldier was wounded by Azerbaijani fire. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke about this during the meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the Munich Security Conference, and said, “Stop this process.”

“I was severely wounded and operated on. But I was treated with indifference by the Ministry of Defense, commanders, and by the Armed Forces. No one called me to see how I’m doing. I served for ten years at the borders. I am an officer and I’m offended. I will not be able to serve anymore after the surgery because the law forbids it based on head trauma and the loss of some functions. I will be forced to leave the army. I would like to know the reason for this indifference. The incident took place at a foothold where two other people have also been wounded. It’s a poor place for a foothold because it’s too close to the enemy,” Aram Hakhverdyan told Aravot Daily in an interview.

According to the officer, he was released from the hospital and was ordered by the doctor to rest. “People from the ministry can come and say that they know I have two children, but they’ll help me with a little bit of money in advance. I have recovered physically, but I am hurting on the inside from this indifference.”

Arpine Simonyan

P.S. The Ministry of Defense did not wish to respond to the officer’s statements. It refused to give an explanation.