Armenian, Russian defense ministers discuss regional situation

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YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. Armenian caretaker Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu spoke over the phone in the evening of May 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

According to the readout, Harutyunyan and Shoygu discussed the regional situation and the implementation of the objectives of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno Karabakh, as well as other issues of bilateral interest.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS